Several municipalities on the coast deplored the dirt of the beaches this Friday morning, the day after a day of strong crowds at sea. The authorities of Blankenberge, in particular, took action.
In two words:
- After a day of strong crowds at sea, the beaches of the Belgian coast were strewn with waste, especially in Blankenberge.
- Local authorities have mobilized staff and provide more collections to manage persistent dirt.
- Faced with massive traffic jams, the governor proposes to reactivate the “crowd“Used during the COVID to better distribute tourists.
In Blankenberge, municipal services work from dawn to clean the beach. Tourists who came en masse the day before left mountains of waste behind them.
“We had to recall staff on leave so that everything becomes clean“, regrets the bourgmestre, Björn Prase (Team Blankenberge).”We are planning additional collections today and this weekend. The garbage cans located on the beach, the dike and in the center will be emptied two to three times a day“, Adds the alderman in charge of waste policy, Sandy Buysschaert (CD&V).
“In the future, we plan to install new trash cans. We also want to work with volunteers during highlight days like yesterday’s“He continues.
This Thursday, May 1, some 180,000 tourists went to the coast to enjoy the good weather, according to the Tourist Office of West Flanders, Westtoer. This figure is higher than during the Easter weekend.
The bourgmestres of the coast call tourists not to abandon their waste anywhere. “”We can continue to place garbage cans, but tourists must obviously deposit their waste there. If you see that a trash can be full, don’t just put waste from it. Go to the next trash can where there is room, because there are undoubtedly“, A EGLIREM MY BUYSCAED.
Shovel traffic jams
Another problem caused by the influx of tourists: traffic jams. To improve the situation, the Governor of West Flanders, Carl Decaluwé, wishes to reactivate the device used during the Cavid pandemic. “”In collaboration with the traffic center, traffic must be deflected from inside the country towards quieter places from the coast“He said.
This proposal comes after the road chaos observed this Thursday in several coastal municipalities. In Ostend, access routes have been temporarily closed due to traffic jams. In Blankenberge and Knokke-Heist, traffic was also paralyzed, many drivers desperately looking for parking spaces.
According to Mr. Decaluwé, these situations are avoidable thanks to current monitoring technologies. The governor refers to “crowd“Established during the health crisis, which remains operational.
“We then managed to better distribute the crowd on the coast. This should be possible during peak days. This type of system should be used for road and rail traffic“, he believes, adding that evening departures must also be”well -monitored“.
The governor wishes to involve the Flemish traffic center in this device and deflect motorists upstream. “”A driver from Brussels should know from Bruges if Ostend is saturated, allowing her to choose a less frequented destination as a coxide. When drivers only discover the situation at their arrival, it is already too late“, He concludes.
Belgian coast beach Blankenberge Ostende
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