The Town Hall has reopened the section of the Coastal Path near Las Mimosas, in El Bombo (La Cala), following the completion a few days ago of the repairs required due to the damage caused by the winter storms between the 19th and 21st of March. The mayoress, Ana Mata (PP), visited the area on Thursday 2nd, accompanied by the councillor for Beaches, Daniel Gómez Teruel (PP).
This is a 160-metre stretch that was severely damaged by the force of the waves, which also partially knocked down a section of the retaining wall of the Las Mimosas residential development, which borders the Coastal Path. The cost of the work, carried out by the company Sardalla Española, amounted to 304,000 euros.
- El tramo rehabilitado es de 160 metros lineales, que quedó muy dañado por la fuerza de las olas.
- BEATRIZ MARTÍN
Mata recalled that barely a week after the storm, the Infrastructure Department had already issued the required damage report, after which an emergency contract was put out to tender. “We had to act quickly because the damage to the walkway was compounded by that of the develpment’s wall”, explained the mayoress. “The speed with which the project was completed means that walkers can now enjoy the Coastal Path and that local residents are safe”.
Force 7 winds
It was Storm Therese, the nineteenth major storm of the 2025–2026 season, which affected the Mijas coastline on the 19th, 20th and 21st of March. This adverse weather event was characterised by strong ‘Levante’ (easterly) winds, reaching force 7. The storm caused severe coastal conditions along the Costa del Sol, with wind gusts of up to 55 km/h and waves of between three and four metres high.
Mata noted that these coastal phenomena caused “significant damage to El Bombo beach, mainly in the form of sand loss and scouring of the foundations of the Coastal Path”. This led to the partial collapse of a section of the path and damage to the boundary wall of the residential development.
- También se ha reparado una parte del muro de contención de la urbanización Las Mimosas que colinda con la que la Senda Litoral que fue parcialmente derribado.
- BEATRIZ MARTÍN
The reconstruction project involved dismantling and removing the wooden walkway affected by the storm; dismantling and removing the affected boundary wall of the Las Mimosas residential development; stabilising the ground on which the structure stands; and driving wooden piles to a depth of at least one metre below sea level.
In addition, riprap protection has been installed below the sand level; the wooden structure has been erected, along with the decking, the handrail and the wooden bench; and, finally, the existing boundary wall of the urbanisation has been restored. The works took just over two months to complete.
The boardwalk resulting from this emergency intervention is once again three metres wide, as it was before the storm’s onslaught, Mata pointed out.
The mayoress indicated that it was also necessary to award an emergency contract to rebuild the section of the Coastal Path in El Capricho, which collapsed during the storms in late January and early February. In this case, it was reopened in mid-March following an investment of 224,000 euros.
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