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HIGH SEASON
Anna Ellis
ON JUNE 1, Alicante began the high season on the beaches with the daily rescue and lifeguard service, which will last until September 15.
At the same time, the Alicante Tourist Board has carried out the necessary work so that the walkway, footbath and toilet services were also ready for the month of June.
More Local Police officers will be in charge of monitoring coastal areas, sand, the coastline and pedestrian walkways in Postiguet, AlbuferetaAlmadraba, Urbanova, San Juan and Tabarca.
The daily rescue and first aid service take place from 10.00am until 8.00pm at the posts of San Juan I and San Juan II, Postiguet, AlmadrabaAlbufereta and Urbanova and from June 15 in Tabarca.
The adapted bathroom service will begin in July, coincid ing with the school holidays.
The Tourist Board has acquired three cranes to help in the process of taking people with reduced mobility into the water in the amphibious chair. They will be used in the adapted bathing areas of San Juan, Postiguet and Urbanova.
In addition, there is a service point for reduced mobility on the island of Tabarca with an amphibious chair that was installed last year.
Local Police officers will patrol on foot, on bicycles, quads and boats all beaches, daily between 10am and 8pm. On weekends the de vice will be reinforced with aerial surveillance with drones.
In addition, the police device will be joined from July 1 every day by 30 volunteers from the Municipal Civil Protection Group, patrolling the sand, on bicycles and boats, to support the officers.
