Issue No. 1933
21 - 27 July 2022
COSTA BLANCA SOUTH • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Linda Hall PILAR DE LA HORADADA’S mayor recently reminded beachgoers that a beach is not a swimming pool. Jose Maria Perez Sanchez was responding on the town hall’s social media pages to complaints, about the local beaches. “There is little sand on our beaches owing to storms in March and April,” he stated. “These were not particu‐ larly intense but they con‐ tinued for a long time and occurred quite near the summer.” It was because of this that the central govern‐ ment’s Environment min‐ istry authorised and provid‐ ed sand for Mil Palmeras beach for the first time in years, he explained. “More sand than ever was brought in but never‐ theless, there is less beach.” The same erosion has un‐ covered rocks at the wa‐ ter’s edge. “These have al‐
Photo credit: Pilar de la Horadada town hall
IT’S NOT A SWIMMING POOL
SPRING STORMS: Beaches were eroded after two months of bad weather.
ways been here, but they were covered with sand in the past,” Perez Sanchez pointed out. “The problem is one that has to be solved over time, because we are dealing with a natural process. This isn’t a swimming pool where we can take action whenever we want,” he said.
There have also been complaints about the Posi‐ donia seaweed which must now be left on beaches and removed only in exception‐ al cases with permission from the regional govern‐ ment. As the mayor pointed out, removing washed‐up seaweed also removes sand, which at present
would be “completely counterproductive.”
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