Cancun, Q.R. — Cancun Mayor Ana Paty Peralta deployed 400 people to clean sargassum Thursday after stormy weather affected beaches. By Friday, 10 of the city’s 11 public beaches were returned to their natural seaweed-free state.
With the firm commitment to continue maintaining the 11 public beaches of Cancun, Mayor Ana Paty Peralta launched the deployment of 400 people to clean sargassum and in general, keep the beaches free of seaweed.
“Starting at 4:00 a.m., staff from various agencies began cleaning the beaches to ensure they were in top condition so tourists could swim or take souvenir photos of the iconic Cancún letters located on Playa Delfines,” she said.
In this intensive work operation, personnel from the Federal Maritime-Terrestrial Zone (Zofemat), the Municipal Secretariat of Public Works and Services, Civil Protection, Ecology and Fire, Rescue, Medical Emergencies, and Disaster Corps worked together to collect the sargassum with the support of two 14-cubic-meter dump trucks.
According to Thursday’s report, only three beaches recorded significant sargassum inflows. They were Playas Chac Mool, Ballenas and Marlín, the latter two of which have been completely cleared of seaweed.
