Benidorm improves the landscaping of 18 schools before the start of the school year

Benidorm City Council, through the Department of Parks and Gardens, is carrying out landscaping and improvement projects at a total of 18 schools in the city with the goal of completing these projects before the start of the school year in early September. Specifically, the work is focused on the thirteen pre-school and primary schools, the three municipal pre-schools, the Official Language School, and the Children's Traffic Park.

The work itself consists of clearing flowerbeds and playgrounds, clearing general plant debris, trimming and refurbishing hedges, pruning palm trees, enhancing existing trees both inside and outside the facilities, and removing branches that could be a nuisance or obstruct traffic. Some wasp nests that had been detected in some palm trees have also been removed to ensure the safety of children.

The work is being carried out by the Parks and Gardens concessionaire, Actúa, and so far, they have completed their work at the Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Aitana, Bautista Lledó, Ausias March, La Cala, and El Murtal schools. These days they are working at the Els Tolls and Puig Campana schools and Les Fontanelles municipal nursery school. The mayor, Toni Pérez, was there this morning, accompanied by the Councillor for Parks and Gardens, José Ramón González de Zárate, and the Councillor for Education, Maite Moreno. Work will continue at the centres throughout August so that these tasks will be completed before the school year starts.

José Ramón González de Zárate stated that this year it had been decided to "carry out extensive gardening and tree work" so that when students return to school, "they will be prepared and have more shaded areas." The councillor indicated that "a great job" is being done and specified that, given the large number of trees, "we needed a lot of time," hence the work began a few days ago.

These efforts, González de Zárate stated, "are complemented by the implementation of inclusive and sustainable playgrounds, which are being implemented with European funding through the Biodiversity Foundation to increase natural shade areas by renaturalizing these areas." In this regard, the head of Parks and Gardens emphasized that the Foundation's technicians "were surprised because Benidorm is a city with many trees and natural shade in the school playgrounds where students participate in numerous activities."