The Council has put forward a proposal to landscape a 500 metre stretch of land at Burriana beach which, it says, is currently in a poor state.
The strip of land in question is between Merendero Moreno and the mirador del Bendito and negotiations are now underway with the Junta de Andalucía and the Department of Coasts. The mayor has also asked the Department of Environment for a list of native plant species which can be planted there.
The cliff area was the scene of a fire last June 24th, the Fiesta de San Juan, and this prompted the clearing of some of the thick vegetation in the area, including the cutting down of several Eucalyptus trees. This action caused several residents and tourists to complain, but the Councillor for Beaches, Jonathan Méndez, justified the action by saying that the eucalptus is an invasive pant in the Mediterranean area which allows nothing to grow around it.
The Councillor also proposes to contact the new head of the Department of Coasts in Málaga with regard to re-opening at least part of the Paseo de los Carabineros, the walkway which connects Carabeillo beach with the Balcón de Europa. He says that there are several stretches where there is no danger of collapse or rockslides.
If it takes the involvement of four governmental agencies to plant a few trees, no wonder it takes so long to get a building put up!