Junta to invest €1.1 million in Algeciras court services

The new buildings should be ready for use in three years

Main courthouse, Algeciras

ALGECIRAS -- The Junta's Councillor for Justice anmd the Interior, Emilio de Llera, announced recently that the Junta will be investing €1.1 million is updating the court services in the city. He confirmed that his department is studying the possibility of rehabilitating and expanding the building on Avenida Virgen del Carmen, which houses the Algeciras section of the Provincial Court (Audiencia Provincial), with the idea of adding the Criminal Youth Courts, as well as the Youth Prosecution services and the Prison Vigilance service.The money would be found because rent would no longer have to be paid on the premises used for the above services on Calle Muñoz Cobos. The whole thing should be gradually completed in three years, added the Councillor, and would reduce to two the court services that are now spread out in four different locations.