The Secretary of State for the Environment, Hugo Morán, has received a request from the PSOE of the south of Gran Canaria to come and see how the sand from the Maspalomas Dunes has invaded holiday homes that are sold on Airbnb and Booking. The socialists want the leader of the PSOE, who is head of the Federal Secretariat for the Ecological Transition of the PSOE, a bête noire of RIU in Fuerteventura, applauded for this by environmentalists and some Majorero businessmen, to consider whether Costas should take immediate measures on this nature reserve.
The situation began a year ago when the Gran Canaria Council revoked the authorization to extract sand from the invaded areas as it was a special protection space. Starting next March 22, controlled extraction will be carried out. In the south of Gran Canaria, mentioning Costas in this entire procedure can imply the eviction of residents in tourist areas and in that area at this point neither the Seprona of the Civil Guard nor the officials of the Government's environmental protection agency have appeared. from the Canary Islands.
The Cabildo of Gran Canaria, according to La Provincia, will take over the transfer of the sand from the dunes of Maspalomas to the shore of Playa del Inglés to remove it from the limit located next to the promenade "and prevent the arid material from piling up on the avenue, hinder the movement of people, affect the communities of owners that are on the first line and reach Avenida de Alemanya. The City Council of San Bartolomé de Tirajana (AV-PP and CC) who is removing the sand and transferring it to the coast.
