Benidorm opens this Saturday the ecological urban gardens and the new park of Els Tolls
On the same day the distribution of the plots will be drawn between the winners, which will be cultivated from Monday
City Hall and neighbors will paint as a bike path a section of Italy street that will premiere Unión Ciclista de Benidorm
The ecological urban gardens and the new park of the street Italia, in the neighborhood of Els Tolls, will open to the public this Saturday, April 8, in a playful day and of coexistence organized by the City Council and the association of neighbors, and in which also collaborates the Union Ciclista of Benidorm.
This morning the Councilor for the Environment, José Ramón González de Zárate; The president of the Association of Neighbors (AAVV) of Els Tolls, Juan Antonio Lizancos; And the treasurer of the Unión Ciclista de Benidorm, Manuel Martínez, gave the details of this day, in which "it is going to combine the environment, leisure and sports" and in which it will be used to "sort the deal Of the 22 plots among the winners of these orchards ".
De Zárate has indicated that the winners will be able to "start planting and planting" in the orchards this Monday, April 10, and recalled that the City Council has facilitated the use of services and a small store in the fairgrounds , In which you can store all your tools.
The playday on Saturday will start at noon, estimated time in which is expected the arrival in the street Italy of two groups of cyclists who will have departed from Poniente and Levante respectively. Then, as indicated by the councilman, "the neighbors and staff of the concessionaire company will signal as a cycleway, based on the ordinance of Mobility, the section of the street Italia between the avenues Portugal and Andalusia."
Around 13.00 hours will open the park in which the gardens are integrated, and whose design has taken into account "the views of children and elders" who "have participated very actively," as Lizancos has detailed. Already in the afternoon, there are scheduled traditional games for children and a gymkana on bicycle in the neighborhood with the school of Union Cyclist.
The president of the AAVV has stressed that this space formed by the orchards and the park is "an intergenerational leisure place", and has advanced that the green area will be expanded in the future with boules, workout zones and elements Biosaludables.
The representative of the Cycling Union, for his part, has said that he expects "a high participation" of the members of the organization, and has shown his support for "the promotion of cycle paths", which he has assured that " Improve bicycle tourism "and progressively put Benidorm to the level of other European cities.
De Zárate has coincided with Lizancos when pointing out the double aspect of this initiative developed in Els Tolls - environmental means, with the creation of the first urban gardens; And has made a "call" to the rest of neighborhood associations to "extend this to many other neighborhoods." The mayor has shown the absolute predisposition of the City Council "to work hand in hand" with the associations to "develop important projects like this, which greatly improve the image and urban scene of the neighborhoods."
