The city of Marseille plans to replenish certain beaches with sand each year. Sand would come from other beaches in the city.
The total volume of materials planned is estimated at 1500m3. The deputy mayor calls for taking sand from certain areas of the Marseille coast which, according to him, have a surplus of sand depending on the swells, such as in Malmousque. “I prefer that to quarry sand which has to be loaded in trucks and which is bad for the environment,” proclaims Hervé Menchon.