Cash sought to fund coast protection schemes
Council aims to improve facilities and encourage learning
JÁVEA town hall is asking for €5.6 million in EU funding for different projects which they say are linked to the ‘sustainable management of the coast’.
Their cash bid will be processed by the ministry for industry, commerce and tourism in Madrid and relates to funds supplied via the Next Generation recovery plan operated from Brussels.
A town hall spokesman explained that they have submitted six schemes.
The most expensive of the projects would see €2.5 million provided for a transformation of the beachfront Avenida Mediterráneo.
The spokesman noted that they want to ‘promote pedestrian use over vehicle use’, which would provide more protection for vulnerable users.
“It would see a series of works which would adapt the avenue into a coastal pathway,” he noted.
Part of the project to encourage ‘sustainable mobility’ would include the installation of information boards on the
biodiversity on the coast.
‘Ecological materials’ would be used for the paving and lighting, along with green areas to improve air quality.
The grants also cover the refurbishment of the two buildings at the lighthouse at Cabo San Antonio, creating an interpretation centre dedicated to the nearby marine reserve, with ‘a space for environmental education’ at a total cost of €1.4 million. The town hall has also
asked for €1.6M to replace street lights with more energy efficient options.
The council also wants to set up a system by which boat owners can moor at ‘sustainable’ buoys which protect the precious sea prairies.
They want €200,000 so it can be made available in several different languages which will allow the buoys to be reserved ‘in real time’.
The users would also be provided with information about the sea grass and protected areas along the coast.
And a sum of €376,000 is being sought to help with their beach access control plan over the next three years.
The town hall reminded that they employ staff to prevent the beaches becoming overcrowded, who also carry out surveillance and provide information to visitors.