Alicante Prepares Ravines For Heavy Seasonal Rainfall

To trim nan consequence of flooding and harm during nan upcoming autumn rains, Alicante City Council has launched a programme of cleaning useful successful section ravines.

The first shape began during nan past week of August successful nan Agua Amarga valley by removing debris and cautiously clearing vegetation on nan stream rima and astatine nan conception betwixt nan 2 bridges. This is meant to guarantee smoother drainage and forestall blockages. While nan Council is responsible for each municipal areas, nan agelong from nan span to nan oversea falls nether nan jurisdiction of Costas.

On Monday, September 1, nan project’s attraction shifted to Las Ovejas ravine, wherever operations screen its first agelong and are expected to past astir 2 weeks. The Ministry has already completed nan cleaning of nan precocious conception betwixt nan motorway span and nan curen plant, and municipal services will grip nan portion starring to nan San Gabriel bridge. 

In addition, nan valley that empties into La Albufereta is scheduled for attraction activity this month.

These measures shape portion of a twice-yearly programme carried retired earlier nan commencement of nan outpouring and autumn seasons. The inaugural is designed to support waterways successful bully information and to trim imaginable harm during periods of dense rainfall.

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