Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:55
‘Q’ flags on the coast
ORIHUELA’S COUNCILLOR for Tourism and Beaches, Pedro Mancebo, said that he was very proud to receive a total of five “Q” for quality flags from the Ministry of Tourism in Madrid. Mancebo reported that a further eight Blue Flags had been awarded to the municipality of Orihuela by the European Commission.
He told RTN: “Due to new requirements being necessary to make the standard we have had to increase our level of services to meet the new demands. However, the hard work paid off as our municipality received the most “Q” and blue flags within the Valencia community.”
SEAWEED
The Town Hall is also now taking care of the cleaning of the beaches as it has taken over the cleaning contract due to the previous one being cancelled due to non-fulfilment of same and the ‘Brugal’ corruption case. He said: “Apart from a few complaints regarding seaweed everything is in hand for this season and everyone has worked hard to improve the service we offer.”
The Councillor added that he wishes to implement the new work system within the infrastructures and maintenance departments to enable the Town Hall in Orihuela Costa to offer its residents a better service.
“The service of the lifeguards has also been improved,” commented Mancebo. “A saving of more than €70,000 has been made in comparison to last year.” The service has been extended for a further five days until September 20th and the lifeguards will be present on the beaches one and a half hours longer each day until 8pm.
IMPROVEMENTS
Most of the lifeguards who were employed by Cruz Roja last year have been rehired this year by the company which has taken over the service for the beaches in Orihuela Costa after the contract was put out for public tender for the first time in 22 years. Mancebo said: “The 53 lifeguards had to pass a very strict selection test and now only the most qualified, and those who had the corresponding updated certificates, are taking care of our security and safety on our awarded beaches.”
Further improvements of the lifeguard service are the two ambulances which have qualified paramedics and each ambulance is fitted with a defibrillator and a special four wheel drive vehicle will also be in use for easier access to the beaches. Patrolling police officers on bicycles proved very positive last year and this will be repeated again this season with 49 officers in total, which is four more than last year. During the forthcoming weekends the police patrol boat will also be patrolling our coastline.
He told RTN: “Due to new requirements being necessary to make the standard we have had to increase our level of services to meet the new demands. However, the hard work paid off as our municipality received the most “Q” and blue flags within the Valencia community.”
SEAWEED
The Town Hall is also now taking care of the cleaning of the beaches as it has taken over the cleaning contract due to the previous one being cancelled due to non-fulfilment of same and the ‘Brugal’ corruption case. He said: “Apart from a few complaints regarding seaweed everything is in hand for this season and everyone has worked hard to improve the service we offer.”
The Councillor added that he wishes to implement the new work system within the infrastructures and maintenance departments to enable the Town Hall in Orihuela Costa to offer its residents a better service.
“The service of the lifeguards has also been improved,” commented Mancebo. “A saving of more than €70,000 has been made in comparison to last year.” The service has been extended for a further five days until September 20th and the lifeguards will be present on the beaches one and a half hours longer each day until 8pm.
IMPROVEMENTS
Most of the lifeguards who were employed by Cruz Roja last year have been rehired this year by the company which has taken over the service for the beaches in Orihuela Costa after the contract was put out for public tender for the first time in 22 years. Mancebo said: “The 53 lifeguards had to pass a very strict selection test and now only the most qualified, and those who had the corresponding updated certificates, are taking care of our security and safety on our awarded beaches.”
Further improvements of the lifeguard service are the two ambulances which have qualified paramedics and each ambulance is fitted with a defibrillator and a special four wheel drive vehicle will also be in use for easier access to the beaches. Patrolling police officers on bicycles proved very positive last year and this will be repeated again this season with 49 officers in total, which is four more than last year. During the forthcoming weekends the police patrol boat will also be patrolling our coastline.
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