The mayor signs the agreements that guarantee the subsidy of the transport for students and disabled people

Providing the access of disabled to the Social Center of La Cala; students of  Vocational training, Bachelor and part of students of  secondary education; and the students of Salt de l'Aigua

The mayor of Benidorm, Toni Pérez, accompanied by the councilwoman of Social Welfare, Angela Llorca, have signed this morning the annexes to the collaboration agreements of the City Council with the transport company Llorente Bus, which subsidizes the transfer to users with functional diversity that come daily to the Social Center 'Pepa Esperanza Llinares', in La Cala; to the students of vocational raining, bachelor and part of the students of Secondary Education who have the Municipal School Transportation Bonus; as well as students who come to Salt de l'Aigua educational complex. On behalf of the company José Luis Román, and the manager, Luis González have been present in the sign of the agreement.

Thanks to this agreement, users of the 'Pepa Esperanza Llinares' with a 40% diagnosed disability, residents and registered in the city, can access the center by bus with a reduction in the price of 50%, paying only 20%. The rest is taken over by Llorente Bus. Social Welfare has budgeted for this agreement a total of 4,000 euros and from it can benefit the members of the different associations that have in the center its headquarters, especially those of Asmibe (Association of Disabled Persons of Benidorm).

Toni Pérez, who also holds the municipal competences of Education, has also stamped his signature on the addenda to the transport contracts that subsidize the transfer to the educational centers of the city. Thanks to this agreement, students can continue to enjoy the Municipal School Bonus that subsidizes with 90 cents each displacement (with a maximum of two newspapers) to the study center. The City Council of Benidorm has already invested 53,333.33 euros in this concept from the beginning of the course until December and, after signing the addendum, plans to spend another 79,356.37 between January and June.

Another of the annexes signed by the mayor, subsidizes the displacements to the families with children who study in the educational complex of Salt de l'Aigua and who do not have the grant of the Generalitat because they do not to travel a greater distance daily to the 3 km. In this chapter, the City Hall has spent 24,000 euros since the beginning of school activities and plans to invest 52,474.24 more until the end of the year, after signing the annexes of the agreement with Llorente Bus.