Salobreña’s Environmental Division is pending new funding to be able to perform the Provincial Council’s programme, Custodia de los Ríos.
Final yr the City Corridor was capable of perform just a few issues alongside the course of Río Guadalfeo the place it passes by way of the municipality however this yr they could get their keen fingers on 500,000 euros by way of the Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia, belonging to the EU fund, Subsequent Era.
The Custodia los Ríos intends to revive fluvial ecosystems and cut back the danger of flooding in city areas, and it’s the latter the place the City Corridor desires to pay attention their efforts, after they get the funding.
In accordance with the Councillor for the Setting, Ángela Rodríguez, they’re evaluating the concept of investing funds on build up the river partitions. She recognises that such anti-flooding actions would value a reasonably penny (rather a lot) so that they’re trying into receiving different funding, as effectively as a result of there isn’t a method the famished, municipal coffers present it up with out imploding.
The Custodia de los Ríos, provincial programme, which can proceed till 2025, is all about serving to out small municipalities in “ecological restoration,” of rivers the place they go by way of city areas, similar to is the case of Río Genil, Río Cubillas and Río Guadalfeo.
Editorial remark: maybe it’s a waste of time build up the river partitions if flood water comes effervescent up by way of the vega due to a water desk you can attain hammering a 6-inch nail into the bottom. That’s the difficulty whenever you construct on flood plains and vegas. Amen.
(Information: Salobreña, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia – Radiosalobreña)
