Costa del Sol tram lent to Australian city 'to pay off town hall debts'
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 @ 10:18 AM
A TRAM line on the Costa del Sol has been dismantled and posted to Australia.
Vélez-Málaga council spent 38 million euros on the tramway link between the town centre and the beach in 2007, but it has not been used for several years.
Funding cuts imposed when the recession began to bite meant the service gradually dwindled to nothing.
In a bid to reduce its ever-growing debts, Vélez-Málaga's local government has decided to rent the tram system to another city.
Read more at thinkSpain.com