The implementation of Benidorm’s orange and green zones for regulated parking has been completed. The contract to provide and install parking meters, control devices, and a management platform for these regions has been awarded by the Local Government Board. With an offer of €362,758 (IVA included), Flowbird España SLU was the successful bidder.
In this manner, additional orange and green parking areas will be added for both locals and tourists, however the latter will have to pay to park on these coloured streets. The city started to be divided into sectors in 2021, and some roadways were painted green and orange. However, up until now, only residents—that is, cars that were correctly identifiable with a card when registered—were allowed to use the streets. But this tender will bring about a thorough overhaul of the system.
Therefore, only residents are allowed to park in the orange-regulated parking zone for a maximum of ten days without incurring a fine. Non-residents of the municipality of Benidorm are not permitted to park. This parking area is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
However, non-residents who can demonstrate their right to be in city establishments are now permitted to park in the orange zone. They will use a form to demonstrate their rights. Parking will therefore be allowed for one hour for those who spend between €5 and €9.99, two hours for those who spend between €10 and €14.99, and three hours for those who spend €15 or more.
Parking in the green zone will be restricted to a fee, subject to vehicle pricing, based on the terms of the blue zone, and will be enforced around-the-clock, every day of the year. However, residents are allowed to park in this area for a maximum of 48 hours without incurring a tax.
The bidding process
On February 21st, the Contracting Committee proposed the award based on the scores the company’s bid received based on the several criteria used. After the Governing Board approved the proposal and the corporation provided the final assurance and the necessary paperwork, the award is now in force.
In order to accomplish the goals outlined in the 2023 Sustainable Tourism Destination Plan, “Verde Benidorm,” which is a component of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan and is funded by the European Union (NextGenerationEU), this contract is a vital step. Action number 16 (Reorganisation of traffic flow in green and orange zones) is the milestone, and it is specifically part of Programmatic Axis number 4, which is related to competitiveness.
According to the contract, regulated parking in the aforementioned locations is necessary to build a traffic flow control and management system. With a basic tender budget of €394,299, the process was transparent, standardised, and carried out as a regular operation.
64 parking meters
Eighteen months is the specified execution timeframe. “The supply, installation, and commissioning of the equipment and management platforms must be up and running within a maximum of six months, while ensuring the software’s operation has a further twelve months,” explained Francis Muñoz, the Councillor for Mobility. The system’s operational guarantee is set at one year, and the parking meters’ guarantee is set at two years. A total of 64 meters will be placed in accordance with the specifications.
The red zone
He further explained that “the contract stipulates that both the management platform, the control devices, and the parking meters must allow for parking regulation based on the characteristics of each zone type, so that variables such as schedules, rates, and permits can be modified.” He went further to say that “in the future, they must allow parking management in the so-called red zone, which would be where parking would only be permitted for residents, for a limited time and without paying any fees, but which expressly prohibits parking for non-residents of Benidorm.”
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