The cycling tour changes its route and will leave Park Foietes to cover the urban circuit of the bike lane
Benidorm City Hall will add for the third consecutive year to the European Mobility Week, which is held from 16 to 22 September, and this year in addition to the proposal of the Department of Mobility, integrates events scheduled by the Council Sports and Neighborhood Council, in collaboration with the city's cycling associations. The Councilor for Mobility, José Ramón González de Zárate, the Sports councillor, Arturo Cabrillo and representatives of the Neighborhood Council and the Cycling Union of Benidorm, Juan Antonio Lizancos and Manuel Martínez, respectively, have presented this morning the content of a program with which Benidorm expands and reinforces its commitment to improve mobility in the city, to make it even more sustainable and safer.
González de Zárate encouraged citizens to participate in a tight program that will start with the "Mobility and Health-Greenways Day", next Saturday morning, at 10.30 in the Park of Foietes, from which will leave for a cleaning of its environment, then in the afternoon, also in Foietes, there will be a "children's duathlon", which will have a festive aspect rather than competitive and will be aimed at children between 2 and 12 years old with 5 different categories ( Pacifier, Babies, Prebenjamines, Benjamines and Juvenile) and will conclude with a snack for all the participants. According to Juan Antonio Lizancos, both performances will also serve to make known even more the new Foietes park, which has stopped being a ravine that accumulated dirt and debris, to become a new space for enjoyment of all the neighbors in a natural environment.
On Sunday, the 17th, the Day of the Bicycle will be celebrated, a call whose participation grows each year with a large popular participation and this year, as explained by the councilor for Sports, Arturo Cabrillo, will change its route. Instead of reaching the Ermita de Sanz, it will run on an exclusively urban circuit following the bike lanes created in Benidorm and which already cover a length of 32 kilometers. Cabrillo stressed that "it is a non-competitive route that in addition to promoting healthy habits of life, it is claimed the use of the bicycle as an alternative means of transport and the importance of using the new bike lanes that Benidorm already has" .
The "Bicycle Day for all", celebrates this Sunday its 34th edition and opens a new circuit that will also start from the Foietes Park and will be covered in two sections. The first one will run along Avenida Ricardo Bayona, Rey Jaime I, Armada Española, Avenida Villajoyosa, Avenida Calpe, Benissa, Avenida Alcalde Vicente Pérez Devesa, Cuba, Avenida Ricardo Bayona and Foietes Park, where refreshments will be given and then it will follow Guadalest street, Estación, Caballero Rejoneador Ginés Cartagena, Polop, Avenida Beniardá, cycle path, Avenida de Italia, Comunidad Europea, Comunidad Valenciana, Avenida Alfonso Puchades, Ricardo Bayona and back to Foietes Park.
The use of the helmet will be compulsory, especially for those under 16 years of age, according to Law 6/2014 in force since May 9, 2014. Once the cycling tour is over, the traditional raffle of gifts will be held for all participants who have the ticket delivered at the end of the test. Local Police, Local Civil Protection Association and Local Red Cross Assembly will provide a special safety and assistance device to all participants.
González de Zárate encouraged the citizens to participate in events that are part of the European Mobility Week, coordinated by the Ministry of the Interior and the Generalitat Valenciana, and in which several councils have been involved, counting on the "inestimable support and collaboration numerous associations of citizens and business ".