Marbella boosts its strategy for the prevention of forest fires

José Carlos García

Marbella

The Marbella City Council has given a new boost to its forest fire prevention strategy with the approval by the Local Government Board of two new self-protection plans in particularly sensitive areas. This was announced by the municipal government spokesperson, Félix Romero, who explained that the Council "has been embarked on a broad project in this area for more than six years, based both on the condition of the locality as an environment with extensive green areas and on the involvement of homeowners' associations in the conservation of these spaces." So far, the City Council has given the green light to 167 plans and has "another five pending" that the local administration wants to approve "before the end of summer" to reach a total of 174 self-protection plans.

The councilor emphasized the importance of the new plans that were supported in the meeting of the Local Government Board held this Tuesday, corresponding to Las Cumbres de Elviria and the Sierra Blanca urbanization, two areas located on both slopes of this mountainous enclave. "These are very wooded points where, after a good hydrological year, we foresee that there can be significant combustible material in the months of the canicula," Romero pointed out, adding that "the City Council has practically all the danger zones defined with an early warning approach."

"From the conception that civil protection concerns us all, we have developed a work in common agreement with the urbanizations regarding the creation of these documents, which specify the tasks that each operator must perform in an emergency and which are supervised by the Environment and the fire extinguishing service, in addition to being coordinated by the City Council," explained the spokesperson for the municipal government of Marbella.

The City Council will receive a plot in San Pedro for a road that will connect the Maritime Promenade with the southern area.

Furthermore, in May 2025, the municipal plenary unanimously approved the update of its Forest Fire Emergency Plan, which prioritizes preventive measures and coordination to provide an immediate response in the event of a disaster, with the goal of "defending the environment and protecting the citizenry" with greater guarantees.

Free transfer of a road

Beyond the strategy for the prevention of forest fires, the Local Government Board has also reported the acceptance of the free transfer of a 528 square meter plot intended for public road use on Álvarez Quintero street, in the Cortijo Blanco urbanization of San Pedro Alcántara. According to the spokesperson, it is a road that will connect the Maritime Promenade with the southern area, "contributing to improving communication and connectivity in this area of the municipality" and he specified that the land has been transferred at no cost to the Marbella City Council by the commercial entity Mareín Cortijo Blanco SL.

Additionally, in terms of urban planning, the municipal body has approved licenses for the construction of 15 homes and a swimming pool, with a material execution budget close to 10 million euros.

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