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The Valencia Provincial Council will intensify the cleaning of the sand on the beaches of La Safor by Covid-19 | Radio Gandia

The vice president of the Valencia Provincial Council, Maria Josep Amigó, announced this Thursday, June 4, on the beach of Tavernes the new cleaning service for coastal areas that will serve this summer, and that adapts to the new situation generated by COVID-19.

Friend has advanced that he is going to intensify cleaning also on weekends. Regarding the area covered in the dunes, where it is impossible to clean with the machine, it will be the operators who carry out tasks of manual cleaning. The Provincial Council of Valencia has 3 trucks, 2 trailers, 17 tractors, 17 beach cleaning machines and 13 mechanical drivers for these jobs.

The summer beach cleaning campaign that starts now includes the months of June, July, August and September, traditional time of maximum influx. As explained by the vice-president of the Provincial Council, Maria Josep Amigó, “At this time it is recommended to clean and remove the sand daily in the wet strip and every three days in the dry sand areas.”

The Mayor of Tavernes, Sergi González, has been satisfied to have this equipment to clean the Vallera beaches.


Kentish protection

Regarding the conditions and limitations that mark mechanized cleaning, it should be noted that on certain beaches, mainly on beaches such as Tavernes de la Valldigna, Daimús, Guardamar de la Safor and Piles, from March 15 to June 30, you must leave 15 meters from the foot of the dune or 2 from the protection fence, if applicable, to protect the nesting points of the plover plover cataloged as vulnerable in the Valencian Catalog of Fauna species Threatened In addition, in the most important reproductive nuclei, sections between Gandia and Xeraco and a section of Tavernes, mechanized cleaning is prohibited until the nesting period is over.

Spring campaign

The Section of Beaches of the Environment area of ​​the Diputació provides service from Puçol to Meliana in l’Horta Nord, and in the south from Mareny de Barraquetes to Tavernes and from Gandia to Piles, that is, the equivalent of a surface area of ​​474,000 square meters and about 24 kilometers of coastline.

As in previous years, the spring campaign began at the beginning of March, after a month of February in which the He worked on the beach, removing the waste contributed by the Gloria storm. The tasks are to remove the sand to oxygenate it and leave it in the best hygienic and sanitary conditions, and remove the residues that have accumulated.

The state of alarm declared by the health emergency caused by COVID-19 caused the activity to stop on March 16, which was resumed on May 4 to prepare the beaches for de-escalation. At this time, the spring campaign has ended with the following balance: 47.9 m³ of waste removed of the north beaches Y 410,25 m³ of waste removed from southern beaches.

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