Along Spain’s east coast, storms and rising sea levels are eating away at the coastline – but the old solutions are out of fashion
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The city is still waiting for the Spanish government to agree to pay for a further tranche of sand. But with the tourist season already in full swing, it’s unlikely that there will be any change before the autumn. “In addition, ports and breakwaters affect the currents, which no longer bring sediments to the beaches, which is what they would do naturally.”says that the expansion of the marina at El Masnou on the Maresme has blocked the flow of between 50,000 and 100,000 cubic metres of sediment a year, contributing to the erosion of the beach at Montgat, eight miles north of Barcelona, which has shrunk by about 80%.
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