This phase, with an execution period of eight months, covers the section between Europa Avenue and Metge Miguel Martorell Street
Benidorm awards Elecnor company the renovation of the second phase of Levante promenade overhead catenary system for 854,885.07 euros
The mayor emphasizes that "we continue to fulfil our commitments to the city and its residents."
The Local Government Board of Benidorm City Council awarded this morning the second phase of the renovation of the public lighting and overhead catenary system on Levante promenade. The contract was awarded to Elecnor Servicios y Proyectos SLU for €854,885.07.
This project will be carried out through the Benidorm Visión 360 (Benidorm Vision 360) Destination Tourism Sustainability Plan, which is part of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, financed with funds from the European Union-Next Generation EU.
The municipal governing body made this decision after the Contracting Committee evaluated the proposals submitted for the contract, which had a budget of €1,099,383.35. Elecnor's proposal received 95 points out of 100, while SICE's proposal was awarded 82.69. According to the mayor, the goal is for "this second phase of the overhead catenary system to become a reality very soon."
This phase of the overhead line renovation will cover the section between Avenida de Europa—where the first phase was completed—and Calle Metge Miguel Martorell. "We are once again fulfilling the commitments of this government team to our city and our citizens, given the lack of responsibility on the part of the State, which, by its powers, should carry out the work," said the mayor.
The renovation contract for this section of the emblematic Levante garland and all its infrastructure has been awarded through an ordinary and open procedure, as required by law. The established execution period is eight months, starting from the signing of the staking out certificate. "The project is expected to be completed in the early stages of 2026," Pérez added.
The mayor recalled that the public lighting installations and the existing overhead lines on the Levante Promenade "were built in the 1990s, as part of the construction of the Levante Beach Promenade, through a tender implemented at the time by the Ministry of Public Works, Transport, and the Environment."
Three decades later, "and faced with the need to renew the entire infrastructure both due to the passage of time and to adapt it to more modern and energy-efficient technologies," Toni Pérez recalled, the City Council carried out the works on the first phase of the project, on the section from El Torrejó square to Europa Avenue, with an investment of €1,972,119.41, financed entirely with municipal resources, and which has resulted in a reduction in energy output of more than 33.65%. “And not only have we managed to become more efficient and significantly reduce CO2 emissions, but this project has also earned our city awards and recognition for its sustainability, such as the one we received in Madrid from the EnerTic platform,” Pérez added.
Finally, the mayor lamented that “as has already happened with many other infrastructure projects, such as the first phase itself, the accesses to the tertiary sector, or the so-called second phase of the Paseo de Poniente, this project should have been financed and executed by the State, but what we have found is a new failure to fulfil its responsibility, in what is probably the only municipality in Spain with a seafront promenade where the Ministry fails to fulfil its jurisdiction and responsibility.”