Xàbia will control vehicle access to the coves from this Thursday granadella and Portitxol (Barraca). This July 18, the Town hall The measure of control and surveillance of the accesses to the aforementioned coves will be put into operation, which will be through the installation of automatic control barriers with which access to vehicles will be prevented when the parking spaces are full.
The system, which has already worked the last two summers in Granadella, tries to stop traffic jams, collapse and access problems suffered by emergency services caused by badly parked or maneuvering vehicles. Also, this regulation is consistent with municipal policies in the search for sustainability of tourism.
As they have explained from the Xàbia Tourism and Beaches departments, as of Thursday there will be uniformed guards who control the barriers. In the case of Portitxol, it will be located at the intersection of the highway to the barrack and Truita street and in La Granadella in the upper part of the CV-7420 regional highway. This measure will be in coordination with staff at the foot of the beach who will update the status of the car parks.
The schedule will be flexible and will be adjusted to the extent of the needs, which are different during the week, holidays or weekends. As in the Granadella, residents and authorized services will have accreditation cards to enter their homes and car parks. These will be delivered by the watchman himself at the barrier.
The same sources insist that this measure does not seek to prohibit or cause problems, but a reasonable regulation of parking on the beach that does not endanger the collective safety or make a day of beach in a stressful and conflictive situation.
Trenet Granadella
In the case of Granadella, as last year, the City Council has contemplated public transport service (a tourist train) that is awarded to Miguel Palomares since the beginning of this month of July, although - in compliance with legally established deadlines - it follows waiting for the successful bidder to submit all the documentation and permits, so at this time can not report the start date.
In the case of the Cala de la Barraca, before the possibility of putting a public transport service as in the Granadella, from the consistory say that for the Cala de la Barraca or Portitxol this type of service will not be available since to go down to The cove on foot is much more affordable, with a route of about 10 minutes from the Creu del Portitxol.
Cala Ambolo
On the other hand, the City Council has also installed a barrier to close the total passage of vehicles to the Cala Ambolo, since it is a cove that is closed due to the high risk of landslides. This closure will also be supervised by security guards to prevent bathers from ignoring safety instructions, something that has been recurrent since the beginning of the summer.
