El Cardo
Date: Friday, May 12
Topic: Shopping
The controversial El Cardo parking facility is scheduled to open, but arrangements have yet to be made for the shuttle buses to take customers to and from the central district, as promised by the city.
Also awaiting city council action is the second stage of the project, a proposed shopping center with some 30 stores that sparked opposition from residents of the Guadiana neighborhood last year.
The two-level underground garage will accommodate 704 vehicles, including 15 tourist buses, and will be open 24 hours a day, said Julio Torres Torija, director of commercial projects for the state Institute of Social Security (ISSEG), which manages the pension funds for 48,000 state employees.
The garage will charge nine pesos per hour or fraction of an hour and will make 120 spaces available for rent by the month for 945 pesos. Tourist buses will pay 25 pesos an hour.
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