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Better Benidorm Beach cleaning 105
DENIA has begun a beach clean up after a recent sea storm deposited large amounts of posidonia in the area.
The beaches of les Devesses, l’Almadrava, les Molins, les Bovetes and les Rotes were affected.
From midnight until 8am, cleaning staff have been working to condition the nearly 20 kilometres of Denia’s beaches. In total, 1,060 tonnes of posidonia had been collected up until Tuesday, August 8.
The team uses a digger, three lorries and two sand scrapers every night to clean, comb and de rock the beaches. In addition, on Fridays there is a special service for the areas of
STORIES IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION the Girona River and Les Rotes.
The cleaning team has been working from south to north.
THE department of street cleaning of Benidorm City Council is carrying out an extraordinary cleaning campaign focused on the residential areas of the city. This is apart from the usual cleaning carried out in the areas closest to the beach and the downtown area, where there is a greater influx of tourists.
This campaign, as explained by councillor Luis Navarro on Wednesday August 9, is being carried out in the afternoons and is expected to last throughout the month of August. “If necessary we will also extend it until September,” he said.
The work consists of removing the remains of paper, leaves and other materials found under cars parked on public roads with the use of a blower. Likewise, any stains that may be next to the bins or containers are removed. The containers are then being washed down for complete cleaning. A team of four workmen are carrying out the cleanup.
New opportunities
DENIA Council, together with Labora, have co financed employment programmes to give a one year contract to unemployed people EXPLUS (over 30) and EMPUJU (under 30). The 19 selected people were received on Thursday, August 10, by the mayor of Denia, Vicent Grimalt, and the councillor of Employment Policies, María José García.
From the EXPLUS programme, a journalist, four people specialised in gar dening, two painters, two construction workers and a caretaker started work on Friday, August 11. Labora contributed €197,874.96, while Denia Council contributed €69,105.38.
From the EMPUJU programme, one person started work in the IT department, while four administrative assistants, a social worker and three caretakers began their duties. Labora contributed €187,299.36 and the council €83,811.01.
A SPATE of heatwaves stretching across southern Europe has pushed temperatures in parts of Spain to uncomfortable levels in recent weeks.
Meteorologists warned it could be the “most extreme of the summer” and triggered widespread weather alerts.
In the third heatwave in a matter of weeks, much of the southern part of the country was on orange alert and red alerts over the weekend, with temperatures expected to surge above 40 celcius.
The meteorological agency also issued maximum red alerts for parts of Andalucia in the south, the Madrid region in the centre,
