fire prevention and extinction
services in municipalities with
less than 20,000 inhabitants.
Therefore, they have begun to
develop policies for sustainable
forest management and strategic
prevention of forest fires with
concrete measures.
This type of action had never been
done before. Deputy Josep Bort
emphasised the idea that you
have to change the way you look
at nature.
He stated that “nature is not a
museum, our mountains and our
forests are not a museum. They
are living ecosystems, and we
must also see them as an economic
resource. In the same way that
this resource serves to enrich our
heritage, it also serves to work in
guaranteeing opportunities for
the people who live in our inland
towns “. From:El diario.es
New traffic control in Cala
Barraca and new parking
zone for Granadella shuttle
service during summer
Xàbia has been preparing the
popular coves for the busy
summer season, work to try
and alleviate the huge traffic
problems that plague the areas
as the temperatures rise and the
tourists arrive. These measures
implemented by the Department
of Services headed by councillor
Kika Mata include remodelling of
the end of the road in Cala Barraca
to improve traffic flow and the
transfer of the parking zone for the
Granadella free shuttle service.
After the numerous complaints
from residents in response to the
chaos caused by the pilot of the
Granadella shuttle service last
summer, the parking zone has
been moved to the municipal area
at La Guardia, a reception area
for visitors who can park their