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La Alcaldesa Bueno Secures Incredible Majority in Mogán
Mogán, May 29, 2023 – The often controversial incumbent, O Bueno, La Alcaldesa, has achieved an unprecedented and resounding victory once more in Mogán. The candidate who switched her party’s name, for these elections, to “Juntos por Mogán”, a local ally of the regionalist conservatives “Coalición Canaria” (CC), will once again assume the role of mayor. Her party has clinched a rather noteworthy 17 out of the 21 seats in the Municipal Council of this popular tourism destination located on the sunny southwest of Gran Canaria.
UD Las Palmas Celebrate Return to La Liga First Division in Grand Style after Gran Canaria Stadium Goalless Draw with Alavés
UD Las Palmas made a glorious comeback to the First Division in a thrilling encounter against Deportivo Alavés that kept fans on the edge of their seats until the final whistle. In front of a raucous near-capacity-crowd of 31,790, Las Palmas sealed their return ticket to the top flight with a hard-fought goalless draw in the season’s photo finish.
The Canary Guide Día de Canarias #WeekendTips 26-28 May 2023
What an interesting last weekend of May ahead. Weather predictions are showing some rain showers are likely across Gran Canaria. This extended #WeekendTips covers up to Tuesday, when all things Canarian are celebrated on the Día de Canarias. There’ll be some gorgeous Patron Saints’ festivities happening in San Fernando de Maspalomas as well as in Valleseco.
Fun Fact:
Valleseco literally means “dry valley” in Spanish, but is actually one of the wettest municipalities Gran Canaria. Nestling between the famous fresh water sources of Firgas & Teror, half way up the island’s mountainous northern slopes, this area is well known for its apple growers, cider and its weekly market
Six weeks since the unexplained disappearance of Anna-Karin on Gran Canaria
The authorities on Gran Canaria have been engaged in a rigorous search for Swedish tourist Anna-Karin Bengtsson, who went missing in the south of Gran Canaria around April 9. Her unexplained disappearance has caused her family much distress, with no clues to her whereabouts having emerged in the six weeks since they first realised her phone was no longer functioning.
The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 19-21 May 2023
An exciting May weekend ahead with abundant events and festivities taking place all around Gran Canaria. There are Patron Saints’ festivities for Motor Grande, in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria, and in El Tablero in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana and up in the mountains of Artenara. There is also a two day lively exhibition event in Meloneras boulevard and the Rally Gran Canaria is held this Friday and Saturday.
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The highest summits of Gran Canaria remain closed to traffic due to snow and bad weather
The Cabildo de Gran Canaria announced this Sunday that two roads up to the very highest point on the sub-tropical island, the GC-134 and GC-135, were to remain closed to traffic, for at least one more day, as they were still not deemed as safe, due to adverse weather conditions that have affected the area over recent days and hours.
Snow and hail storms this weekend across the mountainous interior of the island, and in particular at the highest summit, Pico de Las Nieves (Peak of Snows) have meant vehicles traveling through the area are in danger of sliding off the road, as has occurred, while members of the public, it is feared, may suffer falls or other accidents leading to injuries.
The Cabildo has decided this morning to keep roads like these two closed, to help guarantee public safety.
⛔️Recordamos que se mantienen cerradas la GC-134 y GC-135 en la cumbre de Gran Canaria@112canarias @GranCanariaOIAC
— Carreteras GC (@CarreterasGC) February 7, 2021
That all said, a video posted by Guardia Civil agents this morning from the highest point does show several people eager to catch a glimpse of the unusual weather, despite the roads closed to traffic they parked their cars and walked the last km or so up to the top to take a look for themselves, and from what we see here the snow appears to be melting quite quickly.
Esta mañana en el #PozoDeLasNieves #GranCanaria #FelizDomingo#GuardiaCivil #LasPalmas #Canarias #Allidondenosnecesites pic.twitter.com/3ClggmXMV3 — Benemérita Las Palmas (@GC_LasPalmas) February 7, 2021
With no more rain forecast for now, roads to the highest point are expected to officially reopen again from Monday. Clear blue skies and rising temperatures are forecast to start the week across the island. With highs of 21ºC on the coasts and 15-16ºC in the higher altitude inland areas.
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Ongoing Gran Canaria fire now bigger than last week and continues to advance
The latest fire has already affected the highest points of the municipalities of Tejeda, Valleseco, Moya, Gáldar, San Mateo and Santa María de Guía
The priority is now focused on “guaranteeing the safety of people” stressed the president of the Canary Islands
The area affected by this new Gran Canaria fire, which began on Saturday 17 August, in the Barranco del Andén, in the municipality of Valleseco, has already exceeded 1,500 hectares and continues to advance on several fronts, according to the president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, who stressed that the fire is currently “not contained, stabilised nor controlled.”
In this situation, with an active fire “tremendously virulent that seriously affects Gran Canaria” and with extremely adverse weather conditions, with temperatures in the shade hitting about 40ºC, low relative humidity of less than 30% and winds of over 30 kmph, fire control is made most difficult,” Torres stressed that the priority is now focused on “guaranteeing the safety of people as the environmental damage is already done”.
“We want this to end without any human damage,” said the Canary Islands president. Therefore, he insisted that the fire-affected areas not be visited under any circumstances and that the instructions of security forces and fire fighters be strictly followed in the face of large evacuations, now totalling more than 4000 people.
“The evolution of the fire,” Torres explained, “forces us to keep the Contingency Plan active in case of new evacuations” which will be decided by the progress of the fire. So far, about 40 urban centres of various municipalities have been evacuated and the numbers could still grow.
Throughout the day today more than 600 land troops are working in the area, in shifts of about 300 people acting as the first line of combat against walls of flame and heat. Added to this are eleven aircraft (nine helicopters, an air tractor and a seaplane) that have discharging water throughout the morning mainly in areas that cannot be accessed by land, all under the aerial coordination of the Guardia Civil helicopter.
This aerial operation will be increased throughout today with a new seaplane whose arrival is scheduled this afternoon as well as two others that have been requested from the Government of Spain.
The next few hours are crucial since the weather forecast is not good for tonight and there is a danger that the blaze could enter a large area of pine trees.
The smoke from Gran Canaria is again visible from space
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Truck overturns after impact with motorway sign on GC2
Early this Tuesday morning a truck apparently clipped a large overhead motorway traffic sign, overturning and losing its load on the GC-2 motorway, on the north coast of Gran Canaria, the Department for Roads of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria reported over twitter.
The accident took place near El Pagador on the road heading towards Agaete. Because the vehicle lost its load on the road, for safety reasons, road workers had to close it to traffic for several hours creating detours via the Cenobio de Valerón road, in the municipality of Guía.
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Road closures due resurfacing of three sections of GC500 in SBT and Mogán
The Cabildo de Gran Canaria this Monday, March 18, began the resurfacing of several sections of the southern GC500 road between Juan Grande and the Tauro roundabout in the municipalities of San Bartolomé de Tirajana and Mogán, as was reported by the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructures, Ángel Víctor Torres.
The works will take around 10 days
Expect the complete closure of each section between 9:00-19:00, though they will remain open at weekends
The works, within the framework of the road rehabilitation contract, are to be carried out between Juan Grande and the Aeroclub, at the Pasito Blanco roundabout and between Amadores and the Tauro roundabout, for an approximate period of 10 days.
This is very important maintenance contributing to improving safety, especially considering that it is a road with an average daily traffic intensity of more than 8,000 vehicles including a high volume of heavy vehicles for tourist transport.
The work, which includes the painting of the road signs, means the complete closure in both directions of each section being worked on between 9:00 and 19:00, on weekdays, with detours from the exit at Juan Grande and GC-1 exits in Arguineguín and Puerto Rico.
TRAMO / SECTION 1 : Lopesan quarry entrance to Aeroclub carting 18 – 21 March
Closing : on GC-500, Lopesan quarry entrance to Aeroclub carting roundabout ( PK 5+000 to 7+000)
Detour : exit 31 , Juan Grande – Doctoral
TRAMO/ SECTION 2: Pasito Blanco Roundabout 21, 22 and 25 March
Closing: Pasito Blanco roundabout (PK 19 + 800 to 20 + 800)
Detour: GC-1 Exit road in Arguineguín
TRAMO/ SECTION 3: Amadores – Tauro roundabout March 25, 26 and 27
Closing: From Amadores to Tauro roundabout (PK 35 + 800 to 36 + 700)
Deviation: GC-1, access to Amadores from Puerto Rico
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A wall is suddenly built to prevent usage along road closed 18 months ago.
The Cabildo of Gran Canaria began to construct a wall yesterday right across the old coastal road, the GC-500, between Playa de Mogán and Taurito, which was closed to traffic over a year and a half ago after several landslides, the wall is apparently intended to protect pedestrians and cyclists who have chosen to ignore the closure and continue to travel through this area after the road closure, despite the danger posed to their safety by the risk of cliff collapse.
Residents have been complaining for a long time that there is just no way to travel from Playa de Mogán without using the main motorway, which means cyclists, pedestrians and smaller vehicles are trapped on the south west of the island until a solution is found, unless they are willing to travel all the way around the island, or use the mountain roads to go inland and back down again adding up to 150km and a couple of hours to a journey that should only take 10 minutes.
“The work aims to restrict access to tourists and cyclists on this part of the road because it is the Cabildo’s responsibility to guarantee the safety of the people,” said Ángel Víctor Torres, Public Works Councilor of the Island Corporation, yesterday. The road is the responsibility of the Government of the Canary Islands and it is down to them to make future decisions for that space, although the Cabildo is responsible for its maintenance and conservation.
This section of the road has been judged as unsafe by technical experts due to real risk of landslides, but despite this the road is constantly being used by athletes and passers-by, who have no other way to connect between Taurito and Playa de Mogán, except via the GC-1 highway, for which a suitable vehicle is required.
The old road that connects the two popular tourist centres has been closed to traffic since the summer of 2017, after several landslides; One of them almost cost a mother and her son their lives, after several rocks fell on them while driving through this stretch during the night.
The procedures to provide this area with an alternative are already well underway, the Government of the Canary Islands is working on a proposal for the award of the drafting of the 263-meter-long tunnel project that is to be built joining Playa de Mogán and Taurito. After evaluating six offers, the Executive has chosen a proposal presented by Advanced Technologies of Macaronesia SA, for the amount of €162,051. The tunnel is to have two 3.5-meter wide lanes and will allow drivers to avoid the detour necessary to get from one point to another.
The Cabildo has reported that a wall is being built on each side of the closure, inside a metal fence with clear signage prohibiting passage.
The mayor of Mogán, Onalia Bueno , said yesterday that “although it is true it was necessary to establish restrictive measures because people ignore the protective measures taken in an area that has twice seen major landslides, the Cabildo has come up with this drastic measure.” She criticised the Corporation for not having “done the homework because Mogán has been waiting for more than a year to be offered an alternative for cyclists, despite much promotion of Gran Canaria as a European sports island, improvements for the cyclists have not become apparent to ensure the season here “. And with that, she added, “the tourism sector is being harmed.”
Bueno said that the local government is still awaiting the study commissioned by the Cabildo that could enable the section of the GC-1 between Puerto Rico and Playa de Mogán to no longer be considered a motorway being reclassified as a national highway with the aim of allowing them to travel by bicycle and municipal licensed vehicles.
The councillor also criticised the Cabildo for not having carried out a study for the creation of a seperate lane between Playa de Mogán and Taurito, a project that the town hall has pushed for. “The study that we have done results in the fact that the enabling of this newly classified section, in both directions, would entail an investment of €80,000 and would take only four weeks,” explained Onalia Bueno.
Mogán waits and watches. Meanwhile cyclists wait for buses.
GC500 restrictions being ignored in Mogán
#Mogán #GranCanaria
The Gran Canaria highways authority Carreteras de Gran Canaria have posted this little video today to remind everyone that the section of GC-500 that connects Mogán with Taurito is closed due to a serious risk of landslides and, as this video shows, it is still being accessed daily, by people repeatedly breaking through the protection fence. Please respect the safety measures.
The Ayuntamiento de Mogán townhall are working closely with The Canary Islands government to come up with a suitable resolution, but for now, everyone is asked to respect the safety measures put in place.
Posted by TheCanary.TV on Friday, February 22, 2019
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Mogán tunnel project to re-establish links with Taurito and Playa de Mogán
Mogán town hall, earlier this month, pushed forward a proposal to the Government of the Canary Islands and the Island Council, the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, for the construction of a tunnel between Taurito and Playa de Mogán, given the concern of residents in the municipality who seek safe alternatives to the closure of this section of the GC-500 after landslides that occurred in July and September 2017 which almost cost the life of a mother and her son. Reports this week suggest that the drafting of the project has been put up for tender, so time will tell if the project is to go ahead or not.
A “short-term option” has also previously been put forward “which would be the realisation of a technical study to assess the possibility of modifying a section of the GC-1, to reclassify the highway to become a secondary road with a roundabout that would allow the connection between these two tourist centres”.
During a meeting with the Minister of Public Works and Transport of the Canary Islands Government, Pablo Rodríguez, and from the Cabildo, Ángel Víctor Torres, the mayor of Mogán explained that “this alternative would only be temporary until a definitive solution is found,” it is a viable option they think “since there is little traffic from Puerto Rico to Mogán”.
“This proposal has technical and political will for its study, so we hope to receive news soon about its viability,” said the councillor.
New long-term tunnel solution
As an alternative in the medium to long term, the Mogán council have proposed the construction of a short tunnel on the GC-500 that would link Taurito with Playa de Mogán and “would [bypass] the dangerous curves and possible landslides that could occur”. This is based on an alternative suggested by the technical staff of the Ministry of Public Works of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria.
The current plan is to look at drafting the road tunnel project as part of the GC500 national road, bypassing all of the areas identified as being most likely to suffer landslides in the future. It would be 250m section of tunnel with a carriageway going in each direction.
The execution of the tunnel would be expected to cost approximately €4m, which would be financed by the Government of the Canary Islands, should the technicians of both the Regional Executive and the Island Cabildo decide that its construction could be the definitive and most appropriate solution to solve the existing problems which have left the main road closed for nearly a year and a half.
The mayor of Mogán said that “it is necessary to establish an alternative route that connects Taurito with Playa de Mogán since, above all, we must preserve the safety of both tourists and residents, so we hope to find a definitive solution soon.”
The reopening of the GC500 is imperative due to the fact that mopeds and cyclists, among other modes of transport, are prohibited from travelling on the motorway, through series of the long tunnels that extended the autopista back in 2014, so a purpose-built short tunnel on the old national road appears to be the very best solution that would allow for the reopening of that secondary route and allowing for the GC1 to then be returned to carry motorway-only traffic again in the future. The island’s stated long term strategy is to eventually have an autopista that rings the island… mind you, who knows how long that could take…?
Taurito is one of the favourite family resorts on the island and since July last year it has been totally cut off from neighbouring Playa de Mogán except via a 14km motorway round trip, back east towards Puerto Rico to change direction on the GC1, so as to get to the picturesque little village just 3km or so to the west. Vehicles that cannot travel on the motorway literally have to travel either over the mountains in the middle of the island or go completely around the island in the other direction. The picture below is our artists impression of where we think they might be considering the new tunnel to solve the problem once and for all.
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Ecologists say the Prosecutor’s Office has stressed that the Siam Park developers must pay for the new El Veril roundabout
The Office of the Public Prosecutor has apparently put forward the view that the company owned by the tourism entrepreneurs of the Kiessling family, Loro Park Group, must pay for the execution of the works currently ongoing for the Siam Park roundabout in the south of Gran Canaria, where access to Playa del Inglés from the old national road, GC500, has already been paid by the Maspalomas Gran Canaria Consortium. Roadworks have meant a contraflow system having had to be in place for many months, with no clear end in sight.
The Public Ministry made its pronouncement, we are told, after the collective known as Turcón-Ecologistas en Acción denounced irregularities detected in the works of the long awaited water park project in the area of El Veril. The environmental group has made public the position of the Prosecutor’s Office “following the threats” and the statements they received regarding what the businessmen called “breaches” of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana town hall, whom they had accused of unreasonably delaying the final outstanding license to build Siam Park.
In a statement the environmentalists, who oppose the project, said “The actions of the Office of the Public Prosecutor explains, as this group has demonstrated, that the Loro Parque SA entity (without prejudice to the fact that today the urban management instruments have not been approved – and we also do not know if they exist – nor has any environmental assessment been approved for said water park project), must address, for the case that concerns us, each and every one of the burdens and costs of execution of the PB3 roundabout contemplated in the PMM / El Veril”.
Turcón claims that, to date, Loro Parque “has not satisfied any of the urbanistic requirements of the PMM / El Veril sector” referring to the planning and management policies for the area, and that some have been”unduly” paid for by the Maspalomas Consortium.
Finally, the ecologists report that the promoter of the water park needs reminding that the administrative procedures are judicialised and warns that “their threats can only be described as unfortunate, [out of] a desperation to undermine municipal norms and procedures.”
Turcón, who find themselves unusually aligned with the council and the other businesses who rival the water park project, says it relies on the local town hall to safeguard the public and historical heritage of the area, “which ultimately is our foundational and statutory objective”.
The Siam Park Gran Canaria water park project has been more than 15 years in the making. Repeatedly blocked and challenged in the courts over recent years by a number of different interest groups and rival parties, following the land purchase that finally went ahead in 2013, every challenge has been unsuccessful, with approvals being sought and granted, and supported, by the regional government, the Gran Canaria Cabildo and various other institutions. The surprise discovery of some minor archeological remains, threatened to derail the project however it has been declared of primary economic interest, and the remains themselves judged to be of little importance culturally, although deserving of some protections.
The Island Water Council agreed the project could go forward so long as the company undertook to €2m worth of canalisation works to ensure rainwater runoff was correctly channelled to the sea, a project that was completed last year. Having overcome ever major obstacle all that now remains is the official building permissions from the local town hall to allow the construction to go ahead, in the meanwhile, a late change in local ordinance has left the promotors with an unexpected extra bill to pay for major roadworks that are continuing right now to provide a primary access point to the site from the GC500 highway, work they had understood would be paid for by the local development consortium, but for which they are now being pursued to underwrite, which has led to a standstill in the final authorisations process.
The waterpark, when completed, looks set to be the largest of its kind in Europe and represents a more than €60m investment, with a further €40m expected to build at least one new hotel on the land also. Locals and tour operators alike simply shrug despairingly when asked about the development, knowing that the only people who have any control over the project are the politicians and the businessmen, while everyone else can only watch and wait and hope it eventually comes to fruition…
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Cabildo announce changes to reduce massive traffic jams caused by GC1 daytime resurfacing work
Traffic Jams along GC500 last week
It was announced yesterday that in order to avoid the continued long delays and inconvenience to drivers during the busiest hours at the end of the working day, resurfacing work of the GC-1 between Arguineguín and Pasito Blanco will now finish at 5:00 p.m.
The vice president of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria and public works councilor, Mr Ángel Víctor Torres, has explained that the highway will now be operational at those times, given that between 16:00 and 19:00 traffic is much heavier than usual. Torres has said that during the rest of the day the works are to be carried out without any alterations to the planned traffic arrangements.
Ángel Víctor Torres
The counselor explained that the initial work plan had been to start the work at 9:00 am each morning and continue until 7:00 pm; aiming to finish by this coming Thursday, so now the change of schedule will prolong the works until Friday.
Local residents and regular users of the road between Pasito Blanco and Arguineguín will undoubtedly be relieved after heavy traffic jams were seen all last week along the coastal GC500 road travelling towards Arguineguín, then followed by heavy congestion when the direction of work reversed, to the northbound carriage way travelling towards Maspalomas.
Traffic stretching back to Puerto Rico on Monday Oct 22
Monday afternoon saw tailbacks stretching all the way from Arguineguín to Puerto Rico with no possible alternatives available for motorists, some of whom reported waiting in traffic for up to an hour and a half just to reach Arguineguín, never mind the stretch of road between there and Pasito Blanco.
Faced with criticism from the Mogán local authorities about the daytime work, Ángel Víctor took the opportunity to remind them that the work plan had been well known to the government of Mogán for several weeks.
Some councillors within the Mogán town hall have even admitted that the town council had been given a choice as to whether the work should happen this year, during the day time, or next year during night time, based on budgetary constraints for the current year, so having the option to avoid having to pay higher night time wages; it is said that the current governing group in Mogán chose to get the work done sooner and cheaper.
Mency Navarro
Mogán Councilor for Security, Mencey Navarro, has in turn tried to suggest however that it was citizen pressure that made the people in charge of the Cabildo rethink these decisions, inferring that all responsibility lies at the Cabildo’s door. It appears that the blame game has started between the various political parties as they each try to suggest it was the others who failed to calculate the misery that would be caused by closing the main arterial route during the working day.
The Cabildo of course is the main island government for Gran Canaria, reporting to the regional government of the Canary Islands, and it is made up of the mayors and councillors of each of Gran Canarias 21 municipalities. Remember, local elections are coming next year, if you want to have your say about who makes the decisions for your local area, you need to be registered to vote before the end of this year at your local town hall. All European citizens, including those from the UK, have the right to vote, or even stand, in their local elections.
Canaries airports busy, serving nearly 13,000 flights over Easter, including emergency landings
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Gáldar pioneering in animal welfare with a new centre
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Mogán town council assumes direct management of services on Playa de Mogán
by Sanna | January 29, 2023 | Local Council, Mogán, Tourism | 0 CommentsThe Mogán Local Council on Friday installed new sun beds and umbrellas on Playa de Mogán, beginning direct management of seasonal services of this popular beach, along with the other six beaches for which it now holds corresponding authorisations: Las Marañuelas,...
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#VoteLocal: Want to have your say? The deadline to register for next May’s local elections is January 15, 2023
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Regular resident bus travel to be FREE – 100% subsidised – in the Canary Islands from Jan 1
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Mass message alert “reverse 112” system tested on the Canary Islands
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La Alcaldesa, the mayoress of Mogán, investigations continue before the courts, after trying to block Guardia Civil from looking at municipal files
by Timon .:. | November 5, 2022 | Crime, investigation, Local Council, Mogán, News | 0 CommentsLa Alcaldesa, O. Bueno, was called on Thursday, before the judge, to defend why she ordered her IT manager to stop Guardia Civil access to town hall computers after her arrest, not for the first time, back in September 2020. The case is just one of the several...
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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 7-9 October 2022
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San Bartolomé de Tirajana will completely renew sunbeds and umbrellas on its beaches
by Sanna | September 16, 2022 | Local Council, Maspalomas, Sunshine, Tourism | 0 CommentsThe Maspalomas-Gran Canaria Tourism Rehabilitation Consortium has put out to tender, to a value of €600,000, divided into two lots, for the supply of sun-beds (hammocks) and umbrellas for the beaches of Maspalomas Costa Canaria, Spain and The Canary Islands' top...
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Price of bus passes discounted 50% for all Canary Islands’ residents
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