Barcelona has had a problem for years lack of sand in their Beaches. It is not a secret, but little by little it is becoming more evident; to the point that certain activities that were previously carried out in these places have tended to move due to lack of space.
This is the case, for example, of ‘Clàssica a la platja’, a two-day event with concerts of classical music organized by the Gran Teatre del Liceu, L’Auditori and the Palau de la Música Catalana, which will take place June 20 and 21. Until now, these shows were held in the Sant Sebastia beachbut this time they will be made in the Bogatell by circumstances.
Also, the bamboo beach barlocated in the Llevant beachwill have to spend another summer out of the sand, like the last two years, as detailed by Betevé. Before, the Bamboo was placed on the beach itself, as is usual in a beach bar. Now, putting an establishment like this on the beach could harm bathers because they would not have space to plant the towel and umbrella in summer; a summer in which a large wave of tourists is expected to want a bath, paella and sangria. Quite a challenge for so few cubic meters of sand.
The city’s beaches need a significant contribution of artificial sand. After the Gloria storm of 2020 and the torrential rains that have been repeated in recent winters, and taking into account that these bathing areas can barely receive sedimentary contributions of natural form. And it is worth remembering that those of Barcelona are essentially beaches artificialwith Olympic date, 1992.
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The contributions of Ministry for Ecological Transition result insufficient, and from the Generalitat they have already resigned. “The sea level will rise and we will have shorter beaches. Other smaller beaches will gain sand and some will disappear,” Mireia Boya, general director of Canvi Climàtic, recently explained, referring to the Catalan coast.
Last year, the Institute of Marine Sciences of Barcelona (ICM-CSIC) He also published some images showing the emerged surface of the beaches of the Catalan capital, the rotation of the coastline, the erosion caused by storms or the increase in surfaces after artificial regeneration.