Antonio Guerrero is the president of the Hacienda Cortés residential development, whose resident’s association, Vecinos Arroyo II, has members from the Camino de los Pescadores and the northern part of Marbella. “Nobody has been in contact with us yet, but we are, nevertheless, well aware of the noise problems suffered by the residents of this area. We also know there is no short-term solution to the problem,” he says. He also mentions the fact that the tranquillity enjoyed by the residents of the area before the motorway was built is now no more than a distant memory.

“Nobody seems to be doing anything about the problem,” says another resident of the area who prefers to remain anonymous. He points to the area most affected by the noise, which is a section of roadway where the bus garage is located, close to the Guadalpín River viaduct. “The noise here reverberates, which makes it all the worse,” he says. The children, he adds, are the ones who suffer most. “While nothing has been done here, they built a false tunnel in La Quinta so that people can play golf,” says this disillusioned resident.