The blue flags will wave this summer on Levante and Poniente beaches

The Blue Flags will wave this summer on Benidorm's Levante and Poniente beaches, joining the other distinctions certifying the excellent quality of the city's waters and beaches. Benidorm City Councilor for Beaches, Mónica Gómez, travelled this Monday to La Grava beach in Xàbia, where the presentation ceremony for these flags was held, awarded by the Association for Environmental and Consumer Education (ADEAC), chaired by Vicente Martínez Mus, Regional Minister of Environment, Infrastructure, and Territory of the Generalitat Valenciana.

The councillor recalled that "Levante beach renews its Blue Flag this year, while Poniente beach will receive it again once the work to relocate the footbaths and bury pipes at greater depths has been completed. These works were carried out last year to secure these infrastructures and reduce the risk of damage or breakage in potential storms." “Once these works are completed,” Mónica Gómez explained, “and just like in the case of Levante beach, we have once again submitted the candidacy for Poniente beach for 2025, and, as expected, we have once again received this Blue Flag for both beaches, thanks to their excellent sand and bathing waters, as well as the rest of the information, environmental education, safety, and facilities services provided.”

Gómez explained that “in the coming weeks, ahead of the start of the summer season, the official raising of these Blue Flags will take place, along with the other distinctions that Benidorm's beaches receive year after year, such as the Ecoplayas flags awarded in 2025 to Levante, Poniente, and Mal Pas,” as well as the Blue Flag obtained for another year by the Benidorm Yacht Club. Likewise, the councilor pointed out that all these distinctions are "the result of the daily efforts made by the City Council, the beach management body, and the concessionaire company to continue the path begun many years ago of never lowering the quality and services of our beaches, our most precious asset."

Finally, the municipal head of Beaches explained that, in the case of Mal Pas beach, the City Council has not submitted its application for the Blue Flag this year due to the pending works to relocate the footbaths, "thus following the criteria of the Environmental and Consumer Education Association itself not to award Blue Flags to beaches where work is being carried out." The councillor recalled that this criterion "has been applied by the ADEAC in Benidorm in recent years, although not in other coastal municipalities" and indicated that, "although we still do not have a date to start these works, knowing that it was very likely that we would not be granted it for this reason, we have directly preferred not to opt for the blue flag in Mal Pas because there are already many other distinctions that certify that the quality of the water and its sand are excellent, as also certified by the analyses we carry out throughout the year in them", being one of the few municipalities in the entire country that examines its beaches so exhaustively.