The councilor of beaches, Antonio Vidal, announced this Friday That Torrevieja will celebrate this Monday, June 23, the traditional night of San Juan on its beaches and will allow bonfires on the sand.
Vidal said that “there are numerous Torrevejenses citizens who enjoy this popular festival on our beaches and that serves as a summer departure gun, becoming a special celebration that both young and old are enjoyed.” The neighboring municipalities of Pilar de la Horadada, Guardamar del Segura and Orihuela They prohibit this use, just as the municipality of Alicante has done.
The City Council will contribute wood to celebrate this popular party. In total around 15,000 kilos of pine and mimosa wood will be delivered – which does not leave waste – and other woods or elements that can be used to make bonfires on the beaches will be allowed.
There will be four beaches where this use will be authorized: La Mata, Cura, Los Locos and Los Náufragos), and will be controlled by Local Police, Civil guardian and Civil Protection. Although the municipal press release is not indicated by this device, in addition to fires without municipal material, alcohol consumption.
Firewood cast
The firewood distribution points will be: on the beach of the shipwrecked at the entrance of the west dock; on Los Locos Beach (Central Zone); On the beach of the priest (north zone), and on the beach of La Mata there will be three cast points: on Avenida del Agua (next to the pumping station), on the European Avenue, next to the rescue post and, in La Mata Pueblo, in front of the Puchol Encarnación Plaza. From the council of beaches it is recommended that bonfires do not exceed the meter high for security reasons.
The schedule for the celebration of the Night of Bonfires of San Juan on the four Torrevejenses beaches will be from 20:00 to 2:00 hours, at which time the citizens will be invited to end the party because, later, the cleaning of the beaches will have begun to start. For that night the Department of Urban Cleaning will have a special reinforcement for cleaning these four beaches.
In total there will be about 50 people who will form the security device between local police, civil guards and civil protection volunteers, in addition, three ambulances for any incidence that may occur during the night and early morning.
Side of the mayor of Guardamar del Segura reminiscent of the municipal ordinances / Pilar de la Horadada City Council
Responsibility
Vidal He indicated that they hope that “it is a popular party night and the enjoyment of all those attending the beaches of the town, and asks for responsibility so that when they are going to leave the beaches they collect all the belongings and waste that they could accumulate in them and accumulate them next to the bins.”
For his part, the mayor of Pilar de la Horadada, José María Pérezhas issued a side in which it is forbidden to perform bonfires on the sand of the Pilareño coast and the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Both decisions are justified in compliance with their local ordinances, which has no exceptions.
Less bonfires
Nor have the ordinances of Torrevieja, however, the municipality does not monitor compliance in San Juanby interpreting that the sand is not generated by the fires -in reality the number and entity of the bonfires has been reduced in the last celebrations of San Juan in favor of the barbecue for dinner -, nor are alcoholic beverages consume. The latter appearance that is breached on many of the beaches.
Piggle
A similar disposition makes the City Council of Guardamar del Segura. It does not allow the use of the coast to carry out bonfires although in this municipality a specific space for a San Juan party in which a municipal bonfire is burned on the Centro Beach is reserved.
For its part, as usual, the Oriolano municipality will pronounce at the last minute on what uses are allowed or not in its beaches. In the beginning, it will not authorize the holidays with bonfires.
Orihuela
From the Orihuela City Council Remember that Bonfires are not allowed on the eleven Oriolan beachesso the entrance with bottles and other material that can generate hazardous waste will be monitored so as not to harm the bathrooms. The local police will be reinforced with three patrols that will be available in beaches areasin addition to the ordinary service. In addition, they are planned An emergency device with an ambulance and an extinction vehicle of civil protection fires.
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