Costa del Sol News
The Torremolinos City Council is going to launch an emergency plan for the removal of reeds from the beaches following the storm. The storm Laurence has left 33 liters per square meter in 24 hours, 17 of them in the last six hours, which has caused a rapid rise of rivers and streams and the accumulation of thousands of reeds on the beaches of the municipality, especially in the area of Playamar and Bajondillo. Therefore, the Council will start tomorrow an emergency plan, with an expected duration of 15 days, since the Guadalhorce river continues to drain and will continue to bring reeds to the beaches of Torremolinos in the coming days. The workers of the cleaning company Litosa will take charge of the beach cleaning works with the three tractors they have, and if necessary, external machinery would be hired. Once the reeds are removed, they will be taken to a public plot in Torremolinos where they will be left in a period of fermentation and later transferred to the storage area, where they will be crushed and spread in the pine forest of Torremolinos, as ecologically it is the most advisable because it improves the quality of the soil and the pines. At nine o'clock this Tuesday morning, the Municipal Emergency Plan activated on Monday at 16:00 hours due to intense precipitation was deactivated. During this time, the Local Emergency Committee has followed the evolution of the storm. The Operational Services have been working since dawn to address the incidents caused by the rain and strong wind, which has mainly affected street lamps, trees, and traffic signs in the city. The strong gusts of wind have caused the fall of trees and branches on Playa Street, Joan Miró Avenue, Cuba Street, and La Colina Street. Various vertical traffic signs have also been affected on the Costa Lago seafront promenade, Colorado Walk, Doctor Antonio Hidalgo Avenue, and the Benyamina Avenue roundabout. In Los Álamos and Boscán Street, some street lamps have fallen, which have already been removed. Benyamina Avenue has been one of the places most affected by the fall of large leaves and palm trees, which are being removed by cleaning operators, who are also working on cleaning and collecting some containers and trash cans moved by the wind on Marifé de Triana Avenue, direction Playamar, and seafront promenade. The Torremolinos City Council will continue to monitor the weather forecast in the municipality and will continue to inform through its official channels of any alerts from the State Meteorological Agency. It will also proceed to close parks, public buildings, and suspend activities, if necessary.
