The municipalities of the coast of Granada are preparing to open their beaches to the bathroom at the beginning of next week, once Granada has managed to move to phase 2 of the de-escalation plan, although most will wait until the first half of June to the official opening of the summer season with the launch of all services.
Motril will allow citizens to swim from next Tuesday the 2nd. The start-up of services, such as showers, toilets and footbaths, is scheduled for the 13th and the lifeguard service will be active from July 1.
In Almuñécar, the beaches will open to the bathroom next Monday, June 1. The rescue operation, made up of 35 lifeguards, will be at the posts on June 12 or 19, depending on the technical part.
Another important date will be June 15, which is when the arrival of the contingent that will be sent by the Junta de Andalucía through the Employment Plan is expected. Specifically, there will be 79 beach assistants who will be on the sexitana coast to collaborate with the Local Police in the tasks of control and information to bathers about the capacity.
On the other hand, the operation to fine-tune accessibility to the beaches with reforms, improvements and painting of the walkways continues. To this will be added, as of Monday, all the informative signage and signage for users.
There will be more than a hundred posters that will be displayed on the beaches of Almuñécar and La Herradura where the recommendations with the QR code will be reflected. The information will be available in Spanish and English for residents and visitors, according to the mayor of Playas, Daniel Barbero. Almuñécar will also this year with the help, from the Junta de Andalucía, of 70,000 euros “for surveillance and rescue materials.
Salobreña and Torrenueva
The mayor of Salobreña, María Eugenia Rufino, has reported that next Monday, June 1, restrictions on the use and bathing of the municipality’s beaches will be eliminated, but the official opening of the summer season, with the start-up of all The services (lifeguard, sand and water cleaning and toilet modules) will take place around the second half of June.
The municipality continues to work as a priority on the Contingency Plan that must be presented to the Junta de Andalucía before next June 11 and with which coverage is given to all health security measures around Covid-19.
The control of the capacity is one of the priorities at the moment, although the mayor guarantees that the beaches have enough space since “now it is going to be optimized.”
From high tide to the sand there will be a clear space for the walk along the shore, as established by law. Other places of passage such as walkways will be used for transit and to delimit the plots where bathers will be located.
The subdivision will be done with a tractor that will make “litters” that allow differentiating the spaces to be occupied and in passing. Four square meters are calculated for each person and, in each plot, there will be signage of the capacity and the number of bathers that can be located there.
At the entrances to the sand there will be signage about these measures and the use to be made of the beaches, while the reinforcement staff of the Board will also do information work so that the lifeguards hired by the City Council can continue doing their work without another distraction.
Along with this, the City Council is waiting for the authorization of the Government delegation in Andalusia for the placement of the panels with the security cameras and the public address system.
Also the beach of Torrenueva Costa will open to the bathroom between Monday and Tuesday of next week. The town will have more than twenty beach helpers and 40,000 euros for sanitary supplies.
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