May 26 from 2022 - 11: 40
J. Justo Moncho
This Wednesday, the City Council of Dénia has presented the novelties of the season of beaches 2022. Pepe Doménech, councilor responsible for the area, has announced to the media what the most significant changes will be with respect to previous years.
The surveillance and lifeguard service, awarded this year to the Eulen company, is extended over time and will be provided from June 9 to October 9. The service hours will be from 11:00 a.m. to 19:00 p.m. during the months of June, September and October, and are extended in high season, July and August, with hours from 10:30 a.m. to 20:00 p.m. 18 lifeguards will be assigned to this task on the beach in mid-season and 56 during the two months of high season. Surveillance and lifeguard personnel will also be in charge of the surveillance service for access to Cueva Cortada, from June 15 to July 31, in the afternoons, from 14:00 p.m. to 20:00 p.m. The afternoons of the months of August and September will be assumed by the City Council of Xàbia and during the mornings, he will make it staff of the Montgó Natural Park.
As improvements proposed by the concessionaire, this year an informative public address system is incorporated in the health posts, new wooden platforms and three new awnings will be installed, one to renew the Punta del Raset and another two to provide the beaches of Almadrava and Deveses, which they did not have. Likewise, public toilets are increased, placing in Almadrava, Deveses and Punta Molins, with which there will be a total of 15 on the Dianense beaches.
Adapted and sustainable beaches
The measures to improve the contract also favor energy efficiency, since the security guards Les Rotes they will travel with electric scooters and also, as in past seasons, hybrid boats and quads will be used. In addition, the lifeguard booths will be supplied with solar energy, "which will mean savings in electricity consumption by importing for the city council", the councilor has indicated.
Accessibility is another point on which work has been done on the beaches. Flags will be hoisted on the state of the sea adapted to color blind people in the eight posts with lifeguard booths. The four accessible beaches that the city has -Punta Raset, Marineta Cassiana, Marines and Bovetes- They will work from July 1 to August 31, except for Punta del Raset, which will be in service from June 15 to September 15, "fifteen days more than last year". This beach will be equipped with a new adapted changing room, with the capacity to place changing tables for babies inside. To obtain this kit, the Dénia City Council has requested a grant of 12.000 euros from the Generalitat Valenciana in the line of aid for improving accessibility to the physical environment. Also for the purchase of catwalks.
The Marge Roig turns blue against the smoke
As for the smoke-free beaches, Pepe Doménech has reported that Marge Roig beach, a section of Marineta Cassiana, has been renewed, and the signage of this area has been enhanced by painting the wall of the promenade in blue. and the placement of a new information panel, indicating the prohibition of smoking on that stretch of beach.
Regarding the information on the beaches, the councilor has indicated that 11 new behavior panels have been installed, renovating part of those of les Rotes and incorporating new ones. To keep citizens informed, the Telegram channel, launched last year with very good reception, continues and a new App has been created with which users will find daily updated information of interest such as the bathing flags that wave on each beach, the capacity, the state of the sea or the number of attendances registered each day.
The City Council has also carried out improvement works such as the repair of a section of Paseo de les Rotes, between Punta Negra and the Sendra restaurant ravine and has repaired the Trampolí esplanade, with an investment of 6.000 euros. New signage will also be placed this year at the entrances to the beaches of Las Marines, highlighting the services that each platform has, as was done last year at les Rotes.
New offers of the season
At the request of the local government, Turisme Comunitat Valenciana has renovated the two gaming pyramids in Marines, a claim that emerged in the Local Council for Children and Adolescents.
The beaconing of the beaches also has a new concessionaire and may begin to be installed as of June 2, the date scheduled for the signing of the contract. As a notable novelty, the Councilor for Beaches has pointed out that in the 16 entry and exit channels distributed along the coast, fewer concrete dead bodies will be placed, there will only be in the closest buoy and in the one furthest from the beach, which has repercussions favorably in the protection of posidonia.
The biblioplatja, another of the services that the Dénia City Council began to provide last year and was successful among users, also extended this year.
Finally, the councilor has commented on other aspects such as the fact that the cleaning of the beaches will be reinforced with more personnel and machinery as of June 15; that the trenet de les Rotes service has been extended by one month and will be provided from June 15 to September 15 and, likewise, the number of public parking spaces on the land of the old minigolf has doubled.
The investment made in beaches this year by the City Council amounts to 2 million euros: 1 million euros in cleaning services, 700.000 euros in surveillance and lifeguard services, over 60.000 euros in beaconing and improvement works, and 23.000 euros in public toilets, among other expenses.
