80 tons of sand and shell have been removed from the main avenue of Salinas; Risk management maintains monitoring before waves that would intensify

Until this Friday, January 20, eighty tons of sand and shell were removed from the main avenue of the Salinas boardwalk, in the province of Santa Elena. This, due to the strong waves that dragged said material.

Since January 13, the Municipality has assigned machinery and personnel to collaborate in cleaning the road, where a section has remained closed to vehicular traffic, either due to the impact of the waves or during the collection days of the material that finally it is returned to the beach, but in the Las Palmeras sector.

Technical table is activated in Manabí to attend to incidents that occur with waves and water on the weekend

The municipal Risk Directorate maintains monitoring in the area, indicated its head Juan Carlos Yagual.

He added that, according to preliminary reports, to date two boats have been capsized while a house and an area of ​​the Colón Salinas hotel have registered certain damages.

Nautical, recreational and sports activities remained suspended, according to the statement issued several days ago by the Port of Salinas Captaincy.

But this decision would enter into analysis according to the state of the sea this Saturday, January 21, when a period of aguaje (syzygy tide) is expected, which will cause the water level to increase above its normal limits.

“It is recommended to maintain and reinforce the security measures in the execution of maritime and recreation activities from that date (January 21), especially on the coastal edge where the arrival and impact of this wave will take place, and they will be felt at the same time the effects of the aguaje”, it was pointed out in a bulletin released last Thursday by the Oceanographic and Antarctic Institute of the Navy (Inocar).

Due to the periods of waves that have been followed and with the new announcement of the aguaje, the tourism sector on the coastal edge of the province of Santa Elena is also affected.

This was indicated by Luis Tenempaguay, leader of the Provincial Chamber of Tourism, who added that the visitors are not arriving.

Wave conditions will intensify on the coasts during the weekend due to the presence of aguaje

For now, they are taking advantage of social networks to offer other attractions such as hiking, bird watching and other activities in the mountainous area, in order to receive tourism, but they do not neglect concern for businesses that benefit from activities at the foot of the sea.

San Pedro, in the north of the Santa Elena canton, is the one that has felt the impact of the waves the most with the removal of sand, but unlike other years, the food stalls have not been directly affected, at least not , until Friday morning. (YO)