Marbella inaugurates the Guadaiza river walkway with a walk after its renaturalization

The City Council of Marbella, along with residents and educational groups, inaugurated this Monday the new river walk along the Guadaiza River, a regenerated space of ... three kilometers in length in the La Campana area of Nueva Andalucía, which is part of the 'Renaturalization and Flood Risk Mitigation' project. This project has seen an investment of 2.8 million euros.

The mayor, Ángeles Muñoz, who participated in the walk along with the deputy mayor of San Pedro Alcántara, Javier García, emphasized that this is a “strategic sustainability initiative,” in which about 60,000 square meters of invasive species, mainly reeds, have been removed. These reeds “posed an added risk in the event of possible river surges” and more than 8,000 native plants have been introduced, “aiding the recovery of biodiversity and the creation of refuges for local wildlife.”

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"Today we walk along a river that is once again natural, where you can see turtles, birds or flowering species, and most importantly, it is safe, accessible, and enjoyed by all," stated the mayor, who announced that the City Council will undertake, with municipal funds, a new complementary phase that will include rest areas, picnic zones, benches, trash bins, and children's play areas.

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Muñoz has valued that during the development of this initiative, citizen participation activities were carried out where residents of all ages attended informative sessions and educational workshops, in addition to the involvement of IES Vega del Mar, a school adjacent to the river, which has carried out actions to learn about the ecosystem of this channel and even designed bird shelters. "All this shows that we build this natural enclave together and that its care is a shared responsibility," she emphasized.

The project is supported by the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge and is funded 85 percent by the EU through the Next Generation EU funds.