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The Association of Emerged Jetties for Marbella denounced this Wednesday the "destruction" occurring on the beaches of Cabopino and del Cable due to supposedly "transferring sand" from these areas to the coastal zone of La Fontanilla, and has called on the Coastal Authority, under the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, to "stop this action," as stated by its president, Miguel Lima.

This was announced by the representative of the group at a meeting held at Cable, where he was accompanied by several members of the association, and he mentioned that he plans to undertake various actions.

The president of the group has stated that the beaches of Cabopino and Cable are being affected, asserting that the sand from both coastal areas “is being taken to the beach of La Fontanilla.”

“They are destroying the few beaches we had in Marbella, those of Cabopino and this one at Cable, which are emblematic where people who find it harder to enter the water, like small children or the elderly, used to swim, and now it is practically impossible,” he criticized.

According to him, Cable “has a lot of sand in the northern area,” ensuring that “they are focusing on removing sand from the shore,” which “they are destroying,” to take it “to the beach of La Fontanilla.”

In this way, he lamented that “Cable, such a good beach, is being destroyed,” emphasizing that it being “of fine sand they have turned it into gravel, with a step that is impassable,” therefore he has demanded that “this action stops and that the sand be replenished.”

On the other hand, he noted that “previously at Cabopino beach they did more of the same” and pointed out that “one of the lifeguard towers took so much sand from the shore that it toppled over.”

Lima has demanded “from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition to immediately stop these works and to focus on what needs to be done, to bring us sand from another place here to the beaches of Marbella,” in relation to the sand replenishment works.

Regarding the timing, Lima has commented that “it makes no sense on the date they are doing it,” since according to his words the works have always been carried out “before Easter so that there is sand” during the festive season, with the experience that “two days before a storm came and took it all away.”

Therefore, he exclaimed that “if the groynes were built," these "contributions would be unnecessary," while stressing that "this simple contribution would last for many years.”

Moreover, he indicated that the association has received “many complaints from the neighbors and guests of the La Fontanilla area, because they have been moving sand from 06:00 to 20:00 hours” and “there is no sign indicating who is doing the work, the budgets, when they start and when they finish.”

Beach Stabilization Projects

Regarding the beach stabilization projects, Lima has demanded “a budget to build the groynes and fix the beaches of Marbella, because if the reports we are waiting for come and they are tendered, there will be no money to do it.”

In this regard, he mentioned that the group sent a letter to the Ministry in October, because it needs to send some reports to the Coastal Authority so that the works can finally be tendered, criticizing that “we have not had any response.”

Furthermore, he noted that “three days ago we sent the letter again to the Environmental Assessment and to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Hugo Morán,” pointing out that the response received was that “they are preparing the environmental impact report to send it and be able to tender the works.”

In this way, he advanced that the association plans to undertake various actions, including sending another letter to “see what the situation is and so we will do successively,” to which he added that he will go to the "Government Subdelegation in Málaga” and will make “protests.”

For its part, the Coastal Authority has not provided its version of the events nor responded to the criticisms of the group.