It took two months to sort out, but at last traffic started to move between Punta de la Mona and La Herradura along the beach road. Shortly after 11am one morning the barriers were removed and traffic, once again, started to flow on this important local route connecting the Punta to the main village.
Since the collapse, caused by the heavy rains, on March 8th, hundreds of tons of rock and earth have been shifted. The work was carried out by Excaval who were commissioned to ‘urgently’ clear the road by the Town Hall just a week after the event and given a budget of 88,000 euros, which is then to be recovered from the owners of the land Promontory Ariete SL.
The work did manage to clear enough debris and make the area safe enough to open a walkway to connect the two areas during Easter, but it took much longer to get the traffic moving.
The collapse at La Caleta was not the only damage caused by the rain, as reported by the Gazette, the rain also caused a landslide on the Urbanisación El Gallo level, damage that has still not been remedied, despite the Town Hall budget of 55,000 euros being thrown at it. Although, it has to be said, that this damage has not resulted in the road being closed… but I must confess to a little feeling of unease as I drive over that section of road!
Back to La Caleta and the opening of the road, which has come as a huge relief, not just for the residents of the Punta, but also for the residents in Marina del Este and the visitors staying at Best Alcázar, as they have all been using either the N-340 or the narrow, near miss territory of Camino Real and Los Berengaria..