The Contracting Committee postpones to Friday the analysis of the proposals to remodel Mediterráneo Avenue

The Contracting Committee has decided to postpone to the next Friday, August 24, the analysis of the technical proposals presented by the companies that choose to execute the first phase of remodeling of the avenue of the Mediterranean. After the analysis of the reports will proceed to the opening of the last envelope, which contains the mathematical proposal provided by each company. Subsequently, this body will propose a proposal for adjudication that must be accepted in full.

The Contracting Committee had initially met this morning to analyze the technical reports of each proposal, although it has finally opted to postpone this analysis to Friday.

Eleven nationally prestigious companies submitted their bids for the remodeling of Avenida del Mediterráneo, one of the main residential and commercial arteries of Benidorm. The works are valued at 11.4 million euros and provide for the complete renovation of the surface and subsoil of the avenue of the Mediterranean from Puente Street to the avenue of Europe. In addition, the project includes the remodeling of these two roads, the pending section of Doctor Pérez Llorca Street, and also of Valencia Street, Bilbao Avenue and Emilio Romero Journalist and Writer Street.

The bulk of the work is concentrated in the subsoil, with the renewal of drinking water, waste and rainwater networks. In addition, the project proposes action in the urban scene, the renewal of the public lighting network, the installation of access controls, the expansion of the gardening plantations, the placement of new furniture, the installation of an ornamental fountain and a 'tecnohito' of 23 meters of height in the Plaza de la Hispanidad, and the creation of 'tecnoparadas' of bus.

The bases of this project are: "the extension of the pedestrian areas, the improvement of the hydraulic infrastructures, and the modernization of the urban elements and installations of new technologies linking them to our main industry, tourism".

Details of the work in the subsoil

The project includes the following actions in the subsoil:

- Wastewater network: collectors are renewed, the pumping of C /. Pérez Llorca and Emilio Romero, is connected to the pumping of residuals of the Pza. Hispanidad (grants a great versatility when managing the flow of wastewater reducing the flow of pumping Avda. Mediterráneo).

- Storm water network: New collectors are installed, an anti-pollution tank is constructed that will eliminate the discharges of the first rains to the beach (highly polluting). The Orts Llorca and L'Aiguera basins are interconnected, reducing the risk of flooding.

- Drinking water network: The network is renewed with ductile cast iron pipes and modernized, installing elements of network control to detect and reduce possible leaks.