Today at 13:30, Deusto canal was opened, converting what had hitherto been a peninsula into an island. The canal opening ceremony was chaired by the Mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, who was accompanied by the Head of the Regional Government Department of the Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing, Iñaki Arriola, amongst other eminent figures.

The Basque Government Council today authorised the construction of a residential building with 66 dwellings on Zorrotzaurre, aimed at the rental market at subsidised prices for persons under the age of 35 and preferably registered residents in Bilbao, for a maximum lease period of 5 years.

Today’s Official State Gazette publishes the Bilbao Port Authority announcement that it is putting back the deadline for submitting bids in the tender for the award of the contract to dispose of the land generated by the infill works to be undertaken in Deusto canal. The new deadline is 29 October (the previous one expired tomorrow, 27 September).