Marbella will regenerate tourist areas with over 500 new trees and palm trees

The Marbella City Council will regenerate tourist areas of the city by planting about 550 trees and palms. The council will allocate 100,000 euros to this operation, which will be executed through an external contract that has already been put out to tender. The action, which is part of the 'Green and Sustainable Transition' axis of the Plan for Modernization and Competitiveness of the Tourism Sector funded by the European Union through the Next Generation-EU funds, will serve to renew the urban forest and beautify the city.

The green plan for the regeneration of tourist areas will reach the areas of Cabopino, Elviria, Puerto de la Bajadilla, the historic center, the marina, the Marbella seafront, Puerto Banús, and the center and seafront of San Pedro Alcántara. The intention of the Marbella municipal government is for the tree renewal operation in these areas to be completed by next June 30, so that the new species can be showcased in the next summer season.

The planting of the new specimens will be carried out in tree pits that pose "a risk point" for citizens because they are "deteriorated," house dead trees or are in a "poor" state, or simply have "a stump waiting to be replaced," according to the City Council, which acknowledges that there is "a huge number of tree pits with incidents," some of which have been covered with flooring to mitigate the risk.

The company that wins the contract will be responsible for detecting the tree pits with incidents and carrying out all the necessary operations for planting, from preparation and root removal to hole opening, adding the appropriate substrate, watering for planting, or staking if necessary.

Among the species of trees to be planted are 29 specimens of chinaberry (Melia azedarach), 25 blue jacarandas or tarco (Jacaranda mimosifolia), 21 floss silk trees or bridge trees (Ceiba speciosa), 20 cork oaks (Quercus suber), 16 silk trees (Albizia julibrissin), 15 ceibos (Erythrina crista-galli, the national flower of Argentina) and 13 holm oaks (Quercus ilex), among others. Among the palms, there are 29 specimens of the tall Washingtonia robusta, 13 date palms, and 12 of the variety known as Chinese fan palm.

Most of the trees cost below 300 euros, many of them less than 100, and the most expensive will be the chorisia trees (Ceiba Insignis). There will be nine new specimens of this species, five meters tall, with costs ranging from 3,600 to 30,000 euros depending on the trunk dimension, which widens with age, taking on a bottle shape.