Alcala-Alcossebre Council announces the Contingency Plan for Alcossebre’s beaches
Capacity will be controlled by drones and COVID-19 agents will carry out beach inspections on foot and will inform the users
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The Alcossebre Beaches Management Agency has now prepared and announced officially to the Valencian Agency for Safety and Response to Contingency Plan Emergencies for the Alcossebre beaches and coves, in which all the guidelines of the Spanish Tourist Quality Institute (ICTE) and the Tourism Secretary of State are expressed, so that beaches are safe against COVID-19. The objective is to describe all the processes, activities and documents which allow them to be opened to minimise the risks of infection between users, workers and concessionary workers.
The Plan analyses the nine coves and beaches in Alcossebre: Cala Mundina, Cala Blanca, Las Fuentes, Cargador, Romana, El Moro, Tres Playas, Manyetes and Serradal, taking into account all their characteristics such as length, composition, parking, life saving services, buoys, etc. Taking into consideration the dimensions of each one and the health recommendations regarding safe distancing, a maximum capacity has been established for each one resulting in a total of 21,467 users throughout all the beaches and coves in Alcossebre. The Cargador beach is the largest, with a capacity of 8,704. All beaches will have a poster at the entrance specifying the capacity. Through the 30 COVID-19 information agents, inspections will be carried out and users will be advised of the state of the capacity with drones flying over the beaches to determine whether they are full, advising users using megaphones.
The beaches will have separate accesses for entrance and exit, and these will be appropriately signed. On the biggest, like the Cargador, there are six entrances and six exits, on Las Fuentes five entrances and four exits and on Romana three entrances and three exits.
As a safety guide, the first six metres from the edge of the sea must be kept free for access to the water and movement among users, with no towels, umbrellas or chairs.
Regarding cleanliness and hygiene, three daily disinfections will be carried out on walkways and showers and the sand will be cleaned daily using both mechanical equipment and manually. Use of the WC’s will not be allowed nor will there be rubbish bins on the beach (they will be situated on the approach paths). The advice posters will insist on the self-protection measures which users must follow.
Mayor Francisco Juan insisted that “the efforts the Council and the concessionaries who provide beach services are going to make are going to be very important but, at the moment, we can say that the Alcossebre beaches will have a very important mechanism to guarantee safety and hygiene” and he pointed out that “our objective is to continue complying with all the quality parameters for quality as a tourist destination and we are sure that our extensive shore has all the characteristics which are demanded for a safe destination without overcrowding”.
The Alcossebre Beaches Management Agency has now prepared and announced officially to the Valencian Agency for Safety and Response to Contingency Plan Emergencies for the Alcossebre beaches and coves, in which all the guidelines of the Spanish Tourist Quality Institute (ICTE) and the Tourism Secretary of State are expressed, so that beaches are safe against COVID-19. The objective is to describe all the processes, activities and documents which allow them to be opened to minimise the risks of infection between users, workers and concessionary workers.
The Plan analyses the nine coves and beaches in Alcossebre: Cala Mundina, Cala Blanca, Las Fuentes, Cargador, Romana, El Moro, Tres Playas, Manyetes and Serradal, taking into account all their characteristics such as length, composition, parking, life saving services, buoys, etc. Taking into consideration the dimensions of each one and the health recommendations regarding safe distancing, a maximum capacity has been established for each one resulting in a total of 21,467 users throughout all the beaches and coves in Alcossebre. The Cargador beach is the largest, with a capacity of 8,704. All beaches will have a poster at the entrance specifying the capacity. Through the 30 COVID-19 information agents, inspections will be carried out and users will be advised of the state of the capacity with drones flying over the beaches to determine whether they are full, advising users using megaphones.
The beaches will have separate accesses for entrance and exit, and these will be appropriately signed. On the biggest, like the Cargador, there are six entrances and six exits, on Las Fuentes five entrances and four exits and on Romana three entrances and three exits.
As a safety guide, the first six metres from the edge of the sea must be kept free for access to the water and movement among users, with no towels, umbrellas or chairs.
Regarding cleanliness and hygiene, three daily disinfections will be carried out on walkways and showers and the sand will be cleaned daily using both mechanical equipment and manually. Use of the WC’s will not be allowed nor will there be rubbish bins on the beach (they will be situated on the approach paths). The advice posters will insist on the self-protection measures which users must follow.
Mayor Francisco Juan insisted that “the efforts the Council and the concessionaries who provide beach services are going to make are going to be very important but, at the moment, we can say that the Alcossebre beaches will have a very important mechanism to guarantee safety and hygiene” and he pointed out that “our objective is to continue complying with all the quality parameters for quality as a tourist destination and we are sure that our extensive shore has all the characteristics which are demanded for a safe destination without overcrowding”.
