Owen
1st February 2012, 08:46 AM
Users of the beach of Las Meloneras are in luck. The City of San Bartolome de Tirajana, through the municipal beach cleaning, and with a permit from the Directorate General of Coasts, removed the stone slope that was preventing access to the marina and the standardized use of the beach and now extra sand has been deposited in order to improve the stability of the waterfront.
Cleaned up tasks were carried out in four full days of work managed by the Department of Care and Coast Care through Urbaser, licensee of municipal cleaning service and maintenance of the beaches of the municipality. "With this action we have recovered a much needed beach and especially for the local population, which was virtually unusable for more than two years by a large pebble barrier that prevented users from accessing the sea" mayor says José Carlos Alamo.
The beach of Las Meloneras, in high demand by residents of the municipality and the island, and the many tourists in the area, has been virtually unused for bathing during the last two years due to the formation of a long barrier of pebbles along the seafront, and just over one meter in height, formed by storms that have hit hard this side of the island during the same period.
The removal of the stones has eliminated the risks and blocked access to swimmers, and is also now promoting greater input of sand to the beach.
This can only be good news for the adjacent commercial center which was "dying a death" with many untis lying empty.
Cleaned up tasks were carried out in four full days of work managed by the Department of Care and Coast Care through Urbaser, licensee of municipal cleaning service and maintenance of the beaches of the municipality. "With this action we have recovered a much needed beach and especially for the local population, which was virtually unusable for more than two years by a large pebble barrier that prevented users from accessing the sea" mayor says José Carlos Alamo.
The beach of Las Meloneras, in high demand by residents of the municipality and the island, and the many tourists in the area, has been virtually unused for bathing during the last two years due to the formation of a long barrier of pebbles along the seafront, and just over one meter in height, formed by storms that have hit hard this side of the island during the same period.
The removal of the stones has eliminated the risks and blocked access to swimmers, and is also now promoting greater input of sand to the beach.
This can only be good news for the adjacent commercial center which was "dying a death" with many untis lying empty.