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Alcobendas is making progress in its project to transform the old construction waste landfill on the road to El Goloso into the new Habitat Nodal Forest Park, a large green lung spanning 215,743 square meters that will receive an investment close to ten million euros, with 3.6 million coming from European funds through the Biodiversity Foundation.
The municipality hopes that this renaturalization project will promote biodiversity and ecological connectivity through the restoration of native ecosystems and the planting of around 3,000 trees and over 86,000 shrubs.
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The project includes the restoration of native ecosystems and the regeneration of previous ecosystems «that disappeared long ago,» as stated by the city council in a press release.
The main goal of renaturalization is to minimize the impact of the old landfill on the environment, for which eroded areas will be restored using gabion walls, biofilters, and reshaping the walls of some gullies, actions that will cover 80% of the park’s surface.
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Additionally, the soils will be improved, prepared for new plantations, and enriched with increased organic matter, mainly compost.
The objective is to prevent erosion of the slopes and repair the successive gullies that have formed over time on the terrain, while also aiming to increase the soil’s filtering capacity, allowing for better air and water penetration and greater moisture retention, according to the city council.
This will result in a greater amount of water available for the new plantations, avoiding the need for a specific irrigation system, especially with well-adapted species that will only require manual watering during their early years.
