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The president of the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura (CHS), Charo Quesada, visited environmental restoration works of the Rambla de Canteras, which will restore the ecosystem of the river, while integrated into the urban (more than 800 meters long) of the parish of quarries with an investment of 1,600,300 euros.
The work, which is part of the collaboration agreement between the CHS and the Ministry of Agriculture and Water to develop actions to protect and regenerate the natural environment, is limited to the stretch of the riverside quarries between the point of intersection of the boulevard Quarry with a second gully, also called "Quarries," according to the inventory of channels.
This section presents a winding path on the ground, probably caused by the erosive action of the current rainy season and the channel conditions caused by human action.
The boardwalk has a variable width, with stretches in which they have an average width of 5 meters to areas in which they reach 10 meters wide.
The project aims to clean and remove unwanted species, providing accessibility and promoting leisure and recreational use; defend the banks of the river for flood control drainage; restoring infrastructure to integrate into the environment, contributing to the proper hydraulic operation and defense against floods, as well as dealing with banks in the channel margins to prevent erosion and landslides that prevent the hydraulic.
In addition, the adequacy undertake landscaping and environmental restoration of degraded areas, landscaping of margins in urban areas, promote beauty and recreational use of the promenade, more attractive and environmentally friendly, creating accessibility in the environment for recreational use; and eliminate or control inappropriate human activities that take place on the riverbed and banks, such as spills, dumping of garbage and debris.
Thus, the basin organization aims to restore the ecosystems associated with this road and give value to a performance with high social vocation, restoring ecosystems related to the promenade, preventing natural risks of flooding primarily by maintaining the capacity channel hydraulic, reduce erosion on the banks of the river; integrate in the urban boulevard, and adapt and promote the social use of the channel and the banks of the wadi.
To carry out these tasks will run a river corridor along the promenade, an upgrade of the existing riparian vegetation and recreational areas will be integrated into the urban environment, while existing roads shall be restored.
Source: CHS
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