Marbella enhances beach maintenance with a new year-round services plan

Marbella is enhancing beach maintenance with a new conservation and cleaning plan that includes year-round stable services and emergency actions, set to last for three years with the possibility of a two-year extension. Councilor Diego López emphasized that the goal is "to ensure a coastline in optimal conditions, with more staff, advanced machinery, and innovative improvements to consolidate the city as a sustainable tourist benchmark."

The councilor explained that the contractor will take over the installation, maintenance, and replacement of all municipal elements related to the use of the beaches, as well as the cleaning of restrooms, showers, lifeguard modules, surveillance towers, signage, waste bins, and green areas. Additionally, they will be responsible for the conservation of the dune areas, the Marbella Dune Ecological Reserve, and the Artola Natural Monument.

"The new plan will guarantee an optimal level of quality throughout the year"

Diego López

Beach Councilor

"This plan represents a qualitative leap in the care of our coastline, as it allows us to reinforce services with a stable provision throughout the year and additional reinforcements in the high season," he assessed. The initiative also includes emergency actions against storms and the cleaning of algae, reeds, and plant debris, as well as support for special events such as the Night of San Juan, the San Bernabé and San Pedro Alcántara fairs, or the Popular Moraga.

Technical Deployment

Regarding the technical deployment, he detailed that it includes electric vans, ATV vehicles, cleaning machinery, trucks, and specialized tools, along with seven tractors, four beach-cleaning machines, and other equipment, "material that will be maintained by the awarded company." The service will have an engineer and a supervisor, as well as machinists, officials, laborers, cleaners, and foreman-responsible, "in addition to reinforcement staff for the months of higher influx, characterized by maintaining an adapted provision throughout the year that guarantees an optimal level of quality," he pointed out.

"We want both residents and visitors to always find the beaches in perfect condition, even at times of maximum influx or after adverse weather phenomena," López emphasized, who also detailed that the plan includes the installation of fifteen new public restrooms on seafront promenades and coastal paths, which will be completed this year, and the artistic painting of moraga boats and 19 lifeguard towers by local artists by Easter 2025. "These actions will provide a unique and attractive visual identity, which enhances the cultural and tourist value of our coastline," added the councilor.