Manilva Town Hall is continuing with all the necessary bureaucratic procedures so that the regeneration of Castillo beach can be carried out as soon as possible. In this regard, the latest step has been the submission of all the documentation for the application for an administrative concession of maritime-terrestrial public domain, filed on 8 February. This concession is necessary in order to carry out works such as a protective breakwater in the area.
In this regard, the mayor of Manilva, Mario Jiménez, stressed that “the project that has been submitted is being studied very carefully to ensure that, once carried out, it has no consequences in neighbouring areas, as has happened on other occasions”, he said.
In addition to the corresponding technical projects and the environmental impact study for the works project, documents required for all such works, studies of coastal dynamics and sediment characterisation have also had to be produced, as well as a report on the project’s urban planning compatibility and its compatibility with Marine Strategies.
All of this technical documentation is causing a delay, meaning that the start of the works depends on the completion of the bureaucratic process, which involves several administrations, “but the Town Hall is doing everything possible to move things forward so that this work becomes a reality soon”, explained the mayor.
The Governing Team is already working on the funding that these works could receive. To that end, it is studying the possibility of obtaining European Funds and funds from the Ministry of the Environment, among other bodies involved, “with the aim that the funds for this work do not come exclusively from the municipal coffers”.
The project to recover and protect Playa del Castillo de La Duquesa has a budget of more than 2 million euros and will create an anchorage and haul-out area for fishing boats, protecting them from storms, as well as protecting existing homes. This work responds to the need and repeated demand of the people living in that area.
Finally, the solution also allows for an effective regeneration of the Castillo coastline with the least possible impact on neighbouring beaches, so that corrective measures will be put in place to stop sand from continuing to be lost.
The plan also involves protecting the archaeological site, with the aim of minimising the impact on the marine environment and the surroundings of the Castillo, a BIC (Asset of Cultural Interest).
