The Spokeswoman for the Almuñécar branch of the PSOE, Rocío Palacios, claims that the Mayor is wiping out the town's heritage by cutting down palm trees.
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he regrets this felling of palm trees at the bottom end of Calle Guadix next to the San Cristóbal beach road, where the road works are taking place.
“Almuñécar cannot lose its environmental heritage nor its image of being a tropical town, which makes us different from other tourist destinations, she said, continuing, “the felling of palm trees is unjustified and we demand an explanation from the Mayor of Almuñécar, as well as the resignation of the Councillor for the Environment”.
She considers that a municipality like Almuñécar sells an image of being a “tropical paradise” referring to El Parque Mediterráneo, el Jardín del Bonsaí, Peña Escrita, el Vivero Municipal and la Plaza de Abderramán. She also feels that the Parque El Majuelo has been abandoned.
Editorial comment: Councillor Palacios demands an explanation from the Mayor but anybody can supply one: they’re too tall, offer no shade and where they brush up against the facades of apartment blocks, they provide a motorway for tree rats to enter people’s dwellings. Having them on the beaches is great but they really are a disturbance within the town. There are several kinds of fast growing trees, ideal for town centres, which are a natural solution to air pollution.
(News: Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia – Photo: JM de Haro)
Don’t they suck up water too? And also drop seeds or fruit or something that turns pavements into a frictionless surface as soon as it rains?
Palm trees are the stereotype of ‘tropical’; but there must be lots of other plants/trees you can intersperse them with.