The Generalitat at first estimated the damage caused by the Dana in the Turia Natural Park in 21.5 million euros. In December and after a first evaluation phase the cleanliness and removal of waste dragged by the flood began.
During the evaluation they identified themselves various significant effects on several elements of the park. The damage to the Visitors Center, the Technical Office, on the different routes and in the signaling, in addition to bridge and viewpoint structures.
Rebuild the Turia Park
The Generalitat continues with the work for the Recovery of the Turia Natural Park And advances in the rehabilitation of the routes, after the serious damage he suffered in his infrastructure after the increase in flow and overflow of the river that occurred last October.
The Minister of Environment, Infrastructure and Territory, Vicente Martínez Mus, explained that the action plan for the recovery of the Turia Natural Park “progresses at a good pace, which now allows new tasks to combine.” A plan that, according to the Minister, has been “designed in different phases to recompose one of the most emblematic spaces of the regions of the Camp de Túria and L’Horta Sud”.
“To the cleaning works already initiated, the rehabilitation of the routes has been added with the reconstruction of which they have been affected by the catastrophe, in some cases alternative sections,” said the head of the Environment. “We know that There is a lot of work, but the path of reconstruction is underway”Mus has influenced.
Four of the six Natural Park routes were practically impassable: the red route (the PEA), the Blue Route (Del Palmeral), the Green Route (river of the Turia) and the Violet Route (of the water). The Yellow Route (Les Rodanes) and the Pink Route (La Vallesa) have remained intact.
During the evaluation of years, significant effects were identified in various elements of the park, including the Technical Office, the Visitors Center, the different routes and the signaling. In addition, structures of bridges and viewpoints have also suffered the consequences of floods.
On the other hand, the Public use areas of the park have been razed entirely. Spaces such as the Bathroom of Gestalgar and La Pea, Bugarra’s river beach, as well as several recreational areas in Pedralb in recovering the main infrastructure. This situation also affects the area of the Park Visitors and Quart de Poblet.
He objective is not only to repair the damage caused by the Danavalued at 21.5 million euros, but also implement actions that minimize the impact of future meteorological episodes, thus protecting this valuable natural environment.
Scheduled activities
Although the visitors center, which was nestled in the natural area is out of service, in the month of February there are 13 environmental education activities With educational centers and working to redesign actions with the groups, both on the subject and the development of the initiatives themselves in the natural environment.