The municipal authority has approved the definitive Zorrotzaurre Plot Reorganisation Project for the Execution Unit 1 of the Integrated Action Plan for Zorrotzaurre. Initially approved on January 14th, 2014, the Project has gone through two periods of public consultation, which have led to 36 modifications being accepted. The allegations presented and accepted, referred to the value of certain compensations due, the ownership of certain plots and the surface area of some of the plots. After this definitive approval, the new plots will be registered in the Official Property Register.

The Bilbao City Council decided yesterday to extend the period for the finalising of the works to open up the Deusto Canal by three months with a new termination date expected to be March 2017. Council members explained that the delay is due to the establishment of a new safer, environmentally sound and sustainable excavation plan The land involved will now be excavated in three phases instead of in one operation with the construction of a steel wall to delimit the area to avoid water filtering into the extraction zone, which will be carried out by floating dredgers. This change…

The circus arts centre, Zirkozaurre, founded en 2012, has moved to the first floor of the former Artiach factory. Its former centre, located in the first phase of the Zorrotzaurre Project is shortly to be demolished. The new installations total almost 1.000 m2., with an open area of 400 m2. for aerial acrobats, jugglers, dance, aerial yoga, clowns and Pilates, as well as a 7 metre by 9 metre stage. Training is offered for anybody interested in circus performance with training for amateurs and professional companies, as well as the possibility of hosting new artistic projects. The opening of the…