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Which Dénia beaches will be regenerated with the new sand extraction project?

August 02 from 2022 - 10: 39

The Ministry of Ecological Transition has published the Valencia Deep Water Sand Extraction Project, which will serve to recover a large part of the Dénia coastline with the regeneration of many of its beaches. The sand will come from the seabed of Cullera, being transferred to its different destinations.

The project contemplates sucking up the sediments located at a depth of more than 60 meters and transporting them to the different beaches of the Valencian Community. A plan that will have a budget of more than one billion euros and with which 12,4 million cubic meters of sand will be extracted. The estimated execution period is about 10 years, so it is a long-term project.

In Dénia, a large number of kilometers of coastline will benefit. They will recover both the beach of Les Deveses, one of the most affected by the retreat of the coast, like that of the Marineta Cassiana. In addition, the entire northern section from the port of Dénia to the Girona river, where the beaches are Punta del Raset, Les Delivery Notes, Marines, Bovetes and tip of Molins.

Controversy over the severe impact and "waste of public money" of the project

The environmental sector has been clearly against this project, which they consider a "waste of public money" to try to stop an inevitable regression. "The damage has already been done," Ecologists in Action say in a statement, in which they express their concern about the impact that the project may have on the existing posidonia oceanica meadows "on the Marineta Cassiana beach in Dénia and in the stretch of coastline between the port of Dénia and the Girona river".

Comments
  1. Jose says:

    ?? I don't understand how it can be that they bypass the Natura 2000 Network, and also have done an environmental impact study and it has turned out that it is good for the ecosystem to do that.

  2. Arthur says:

    I agree with the Ecologists that plan is not going to work, the sea will follow its natural course and all that sand will move according to the tides. Before making these decisions, expert marine geologists and biologists should be consulted.

  3. Luis says:

    Hahahaha, a billion no less, and euros, hahahahaha

  4. Luis says:

    That photo says it all.

    • Marili buch says:

      For me it says that sand is missing. Costas is largely to blame for this. Extending a breakwater entails a change in currents.


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