Burgos burns as boulevard riots leave 40 in custody
Thursday, January 16, 2014 @ 11:28 AM
VIOLENT protests in the central Spanish city of Burgos over controversial works on a main boulevard have led to 40 arrests and widespread damage.
Five days of riots, with wheelie-bins set alight and bottles smashed as well as physical fights have blackened the otherwise peaceful and picturesque city's landscape – but as yet, calls for the work to stop have not been answered.
Some 8,000 residents have formed a working party to fight plans to spend in excess of eight million euros on revamping the C/ Vitoria in the Gamonal neighbourhood, money they feel could be better spent on public services.
They condemn the fact that nursery schools are being closed down and cutbacks have been made in local bus services to save money whilst taxpayers' cash is being spent on restructuring a road in a way that will make life inconvenient, creating rather than resolving problems.
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