Benidorm is carrying out ditch cleaning work on all rural roads in L'Horta

Benidorm City Council, through the Departments of Urban Scene and Street Cleaning, began today's work to improve and adapt the paths in the L'Horta area, on both sides of Comunidad Valenciana Avenue.

These works will last from twenty days to a month, according to the Councillor for Public Space, Francis Muñoz, who supervised the work this morning along with the Councillor for Street Cleaning, Luis Navarro.

The work consists of pruning bushes and shrubs located along the sides of the paths, which often "obstruct and hinder the vision of pedestrians, vehicles, scooters, and bicycles." This intervention, "which must be carried out a couple of times a year," improves the city's image and increases the safety of those passing through the area.

Work has begun on Comunidad Valenciana Avenue, and once this road is completed, personnel and machinery will move to the paths on the right until they reach Almirante Bernat de Sarrià Avenue. Once the work in this area is complete, work will begin on the paths on the left side of the avenue until they reach the N-332 highway. "We estimate we will be working for about a month," said Muñoz.

"What we want," stated Muñoz, "is to leave all these paths surrounding the garden in perfect condition for the movement of people and vehicles." To this end, personnel from the cleaning and waste collection concessionaire, FCC, are working, and specific municipal machinery is being used: a brush cutter that clears the land and deposits plant debris outside the path itself to provide nutrients for plant species. "What is being removed is material that was already encroaching on the roadway and bike lanes and was obscuring the visibility of horizontal and vertical signage," the councillor specified.

Muñoz finally pointed out that "this clearing of ditches is being carried out now that the rainy season is over and the weeds have reached their maximum height." A blower is also being used to clear plant debris from the bike lanes that could be affected. "Once the work is completed, all rural roads and ditches will be cleared of weeds and stubble," the councillor added, insisting that "this is an action that must be carried out every year at certain times because these roads are highly affected by nearby vegetation."