While the mayor, Domingo Bonnín, says that the situation has now been "normalised", opposition groups at the town hall are of a different view. One of these, Podemos, says that there have been serious deficiencies with both the collection and the cleaning services since the strike ended.
The strike was called because of safety concerns - collection vehicles were in a poor condition and were considered to be dangerous. Podemos point out that when the strike was called off, some of the trucks were out of service. Their councillor at the town hall, Jose Manuel Aranda, adds that only two out of four street-sweeping vehicles are currently operating and that neither of these are pressure washers; that there are faults with trucks to lift underground rubbish containers; and that the van which collects household junk is off the road "intermittently".
"The responsibility for this situation lies with the contracted company, but is the town hall carrying out public control and monitoring of the contracted services?"
In response, Bonnín has stressed that proceedings have been started. Meanwhile, town hall technicians are studying an independent report into the condition of the collection vehicles, which was finally delivered on Friday.
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Maybe if they had focused on giving the rubbish collection to a company who guaranteed a quality service and invested money in safe rubbish trucks, good conditions for the workers (who do a tough job) and replaced the hideously old and broken bins around the town there wouldn’t be a problem? Just a thought. Alcúdia is a world heritage site. One of Spain’s official prettiest villages. The council are also super rich, with millions tucked away. Decent clean and environmentally safe rubbish collection isn’t a luxury - it’s a basic service. Taking the company who provide services to court won’t help anyone. More disruptions and strikes anyone?? Invest in a decent system. Spend some of that war chest. This summer Alcúdia was a disgrace.