Line of action:

Urban environments

Status:

En ejecución

Location:

Altea, Alicante (Valencian Community)

Execution date:

2022

Duration:

01/01/2023 - 01/11/2025

Total budget:

€853,318.39

Amount of aid from the Biodiversity Foundation:

€810,652.47

Coordinating entity:

Altea City Council

The mouth of the Algar River is a coastal wetland with a high ecological, social and landscape value. The high anthropogenic pressure, the presence of invasive alien species and the significant risk of flooding negatively affect its ecological status and the social perception of the population. PREDRA proposes the ecological restoration of the last section of the Algar River, eliminating invasive species, recovering the riverside vegetation and increasing the lamination capacity of the channel, to mitigate flood damage.

Some of the actions contemplated by this project:

• Production of plants of native species through the collection of cuttings and maintenance in their own nursery.
• Removal of cane stands (Arundo donax).
• Elimination of highly invasive aquatic flora (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides and Ludwigia grandiflora).
• Adaptation of the transverse barrier on the bridge of the N-332 road.
• Setback and adaptation of existing roads and surface ploughing of areas with compacted soils to increase the space of fluvial freedom.