Alcalá de Henares to restore Camarmilla stream with a 600,000 euro investment

The City Council promotes a green corridor that will improve biodiversity and public leisure spaces.

Generic image of an urban natural environment with a stream and vegetation.
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Generic image of an urban natural environment with a stream and vegetation.

The Government Board of Alcalá de Henares approved this Tuesday an environmental restoration project for the Camarmilla stream, with a 600,000 euro investment to improve this natural space.

The initiative, part of the municipal Parques con Vida program, aims to regenerate the river corridor through channel cleaning, drainage improvements, and extensive revegetation. The plan includes planting over 6,000 specimens, including 132 large trees, 1,330 young forest specimens, and over 4,000 shrubs from more than thirty native species.
Beyond ecological improvements, the project promotes local biodiversity by installing nesting boxes for birds and shelters for bats. The area will also receive upgrades for public use, such as the restoration of over a kilometer of paths, the installation of new urban furniture, and the preparation of infrastructure for a future lighting system.
The project, which has received authorization from the Tagus Hydrographic Confederation, will connect various city neighborhoods such as Espartales, Iviasa-Chorrillo, La Garena, and Reyes Católicos through a four-kilometer green corridor. Construction is scheduled to begin before the end of the year.