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Bathing more accessible for beach-goers with reduced mobility

By Cathy Elelman • Published: 13 Aug 2020 • 17:05

PURPOSE: The matting makes it easier for people with mobility problems to reach the edge of the shore, Cuevas council explained

CUEVAS del Almanzora council has installed ‘flexi-walkway’ beach matting on the Quitapellejos beach in Palomares to make bathing more accessible for people with reduced mobility.
The local authority explained the walkways are made from recycled plastic and says they are totally compatible with the environment, as well as making it easier for people with mobility difficulties to reach the edge of the shore.

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Cuevas del Almanzora

The initiative is a further demonstration of a “firm commitment to improve and advance” in the accessibility of its beaches and its tourist resources”, the Cuevas administration commented, adding that it is well aware that “adapted and accessible tourism is a growing segment.”
The council said the flexi-walkways will be rolled out on the other accessible points on municipal beaches like Playa Luis Siret in Villaricos and in Pozo del Esparto from the next holiday season.

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Cathy Elelman

Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.

Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.

Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.

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