The Guardia Civil has received orders from the Ministry of Interior to prevent the passage of lorries carrying sand to Gibraltar, the sand having been purchased from Spain for the purpose of replenishment of the Sandy Bay beach and the reclaiming an area of sea in order to build a housing complex and marina.
All in vain
Just twenty-four hours after the Department of Coasts finished the perpetual, and expensive job of replenishing Ferrara Playa in Torrox with fresh sand, high winds have destroyed all the good work.
It’s ‘patch-up’ time at Ferrara Playa again
Despite the recent protests by businessmen in Torrox, tons of sand is once again being brought in to replenish stocks on Ferrara Playa in preparation for the Easter vacation.