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An excavator clearing land near the boundary with Calahonda.
Clearing work under way to extend coastal pathway eastwards

Clearing work under way to extend coastal pathway eastwards

Completing a seafront promenade the length of the municipality is one of the stated aims of the returning mayor of Marbella

Mónica Pérez

Friday, 22 September 2017, 11:44

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Working towards the completion of the ambitious Senda Litoral project, a vast network of coastal pathways connecting the entire Costa del Sol coastline, was declared a major objective by the new team at Marbella town hall.

Within the municipality, around 10 kilometres of the 27-kilometre coastline still needs to be connected and in the past week, excavators have moved in on the eastern side of Marbella, near its boundary with Calahonda, to clear plots of land to allow for the construction of a seafront promenade.

The works, being carried out across 3,000 square metres of land by the Fuengitrans company, come at a cost of 9,500 euros. This is just the first phase of this latest part of the project that will also involve closing agreements with residents groups as well as private owners for use of the land.

Between the town hall and the provincial government, the total cost of extending the walkway eastwards is eight million euros, a figure than will be covered by various public administrations.

The Diputación hopes that the entire project will be complete by 2019 and that it will increase tourism and boost employment in the whole province.

Collaboration

The water company, Acosol, part of the supramunicipal Mancomunidad of the Western Costa del Sol, has been at the centre of the project for a number of years and has now joined a round table group with Marbella town hall and the Diputación to discuss repairing stretches of the seafront damaged by recent bad weather, namely La Bajadilla-El Cable beach, Río Real Playa and the Malibú-Guadalpín Banús stretch.

Acosol itself will be taking control of making infrastructural improvements, as well as repairs, to the sewerage system in Marbella-La Vibora, as well as taking environmental actions around the mouth of the Río Real and the Arroyo Siete Revueltas.

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