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This has been on my to do list for a while. Now that things are a bit quieter I have had a chance to find out some details.

The article here was published just over a month ago on the Almeria 360 site. It has some details of the changes to the Copo motorway junction that are scheduled to take place next year.

A separate bridge over the motorway is to be created alongside the current one. It will allow for 2 lanes of traffic in both directions, a bike path and a pedestrian walkway. Also cars turning right when leaving the motorway will get their own separate lane on the slip road. Rather than having to go up to the roundabout.

I guess there is going to be some disruption during the building work. However it should improve things in the longer term.

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

UPDATED 14:35 22/11/18 - I have been told that the IKEA may be to the left of the Repsol garage rather than the right. Also, the whole area is supposed to become another shopping centre.

The other day I was talking to someone about the IKEA shop that is due to open in Almería towards the end of 2019. Neither of us knew for certain where it was going to be located. So I have had a poke around on the internet. Apparently it is going to be at the top of Calle Belén. Near a roundabout with a Repsol garage. It looks like this is very close to the 443km turn off from the motorway. You can see my guess of the approximate location on the map above (that I lifted from Google maps).

Given the recent weather I thought I would share a link to my preferred site for looking at Almerimar rain radar. I have added a link to it on the main menu.

As you can see from the story here the greens on the Master 3 (Classic) course at Almerimar were renewed around the end of June 2018. As mentioned here the holes re-opened for play towards the end of September 2018.

They have now been in play for almost 2 months so I thought it might be worth writing something about them.

Read More for details.

Almost in the words of Judy Garland, today was weigh a pie day in Almerimar.

The article here on the Euro Weekly News site has details of floods in the east of the province yesterday.

Looking at the forecast it looks like some rainy weather might be coming this way tomorrow evening.

The story here on the Ideal site has news about Ecoplaya flags for local beaches.

The Almerimar poniente (west) beach is mentioned.

Read More for a Google translation of the article.

Apologies for not posting stuff recently. I have been very busy.

One piece of news for Calle Alcor locals is that D'Bar is closed for the next couple of weeks.