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Beach reconstruction underway in Blanes
More articles on this topic: VisitBlanes.com, Aug. 10, 2009 — In Blanes work is underway on the repair and upgrading of S’Abanell — one of the beaches most affected in last year’s devastating December storm.
While the beach was ready for use by the start of this year’s tourist season, additional sand is needed to bring the beach back to how it was prior to the storms of January and December 2008.
Photo: Jose Gonsalvo
Delivery of the sand was delayed while Spain’s Ministry of the Environment completed an environmental impact study.
During the next two to three weeks, 250.000 cubic meters of sand will be added to S’Abanell beach. The sand is extracted from a spot off the coast of Arenys de Mar, a beach town in the province of Barcelona, some 20 miles south of Blanes.
The sand is collected, 8.000 cubic meters at a time, in a barge and sprayed onto the beach through a ship-to-shore pipeline. A dragliner redistributes the sand.
S’Abanell beach lines Blanes’ hotel and camping district. However, the reconstruction work takes place in sections of 150 meters at a time, allowing tourists to enjoy the rest of the beach.
Celestino Lillo, Blanes’ councilor for the Environment, thinks the sand will be enough to last through the winter — provided the town isn’t hit by another destructive storm.
Blanes is one of many Costa Brava sea-side resorts where damage that occured during last December’s extraordinary storm is still being repaired.
In 2010 the town hopes to start work on a project to upgrade its tourist district, including the boulevard along S’Abanell beach.
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