Benidorm makes improvements on Poniente beach to minimize damage due to possible storms

Benidorm City Council, together with the concessionaire company Hidraqua, is making improvements to the water infrastructure of Poniente Beach to minimize damage from possible storms and repair those that occurred in the last episode of rough seas. This was reported today by the councilors of Beaches and Ciclo del Agua, Mónica Gómez, and José Ramón González de Zárate, after checking the progress of the work that is being carried out on the Poniente section that runs between Jaime I and Xixo avenues.

Gómez has indicated that "although due to their southern orientation, our beaches are less exposed than others to the effects of storms, when there are episodes of a certain magnitude, conditions do occur, especially in the first stretch of beach parallel to Armada Avenue. Spanish". In fact, "the storm on October 19 affected three footbaths, which were left in the air due to the dragging of sand, as well as their general pipe, which ended up breaking."

The Water Cycle councilor explained that “to prevent this damage from occurring again as much as possible, we are executing a new channel for the general pipe of the footbaths, which from now on will run parallel to the new walkway in place in the middle of the beach.”

With this displacement, explained the person in charge of Beaches, the pipeline “will be more protected” and “the mechanical screening of the sand will also be simplified.”

It has also been decided to move the three affected footbaths, which once repaired will be closer to the promenade. González de Zárate explained that “in the next few days the footbaths will be removed and repaired, which will later be installed in their new location.”

At this point, he has advanced that "the possibility of opting for the same solution is being evaluated that, at the request of the municipal architect of the City Council, has already been applied in Levante footbaths closest to Bilbaíno hotel: installing concrete pits so that, "When the tide rises, water accumulates in that cavity." This solution “would prevent sand from being carried away and the structure of the footbaths from falling apart and remaining in the air.”

The Water Cycle councilor has announced that “the channeling of the pipe is scheduled to end today”, so all that remains is the removal and repair of the footbaths. Gómez, for his part, has stressed that "the beaches are our greatest tourist attraction and that is why we constantly invest in their maintenance and improvement, in this case solving a problem that has been going on for a long time."