The contracts pertain to the execution of the connection of bicycle lanes with the low-emission zone and secure school routes, which is put out to tender for 1,245,603 euros, and the implementation of the low-emission zone, which has a value of 1,775,210 euros.
The last two technical and administrative specifications for the contracts that will complete the subsidy for the 2022 Low Emission Zone call, financed within EU funds, and whose costs are 100% subsidised, excluding VAT, have been approved, according to Federico Alarcón, the Secretary of the Local Government Board of the Torrevieja City Council.
This grant, which is valued at €3,386,679 (€4,553,202 to be justified), is intended to reduce municipal expenditures by enhancing accessibility and purchasing control materials. It will also facilitate pedestrian and non-polluting vehicle traffic in the city centre, leveraging the requirement that all municipalities with a population exceeding 50,000 establish a low-emission zone.
For this reason, and regardless of the phases in which it is subsequently implemented and with the aim of taking advantage of the subsidized resources to control traffic in the city center, it has been planned for the execution of the first contract, with a cost of 1,775,210 euros (1,467,116 euros + VAT), which covers lines P01 and P02 of implementation and complementary actions and includes the drafting of the technical project, as well as the supply, installation, configuration and start-up of the technological systems necessary for the implementation and operation of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in the municipality, in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 1052/2022 and Law 7/2021 on Climate Change and Energy Transition, that the actions will be located in two different areas that have been identified following technical criteria such as traffic density, environmental sensitivity or their strategic position, whose intervention entails an improvement in mobility and air quality.
Two different zones
First, the urban core, a central commercial location, is characterised by a high concentration of emissions due to the high density of traffic and commercial activity. Nevertheless, the urban layout of the area enables the establishment of controlled delimitation and specific access locations. The LEZ will be accessible from 13 access points in this area, which is bounded by Calle San Pascual to the north, Paseo Vistalegre, Paso de la Libertad, and Paseo Juan Aparicio to the south, Calle Patricio Zammit to the east, and Avenida Faleria and Calle Orihuela to the west.
The second zone is defined by a ring that is parallel to the previous phase and encompasses the remaining peripheral urban area. 26 access locations are contained within it. This area is bounded by Calle Bilbao, Santa Trinidad, San José, and Maestro Francisco Casanovas to the north, Gregorio Marañón Avenue, Calle San Pascual , and Calle Ramón y Cajal to the south, Calle MarÃa Gil Vallejo, Calle Virgen de la Paloma, and Calle Orihuela to the east, and Calle Villa de Madrid and Calle Patricio Zammit to the west.
Lastly, cameras are installed to ensure that the Low Emission Zone regulations are adhered to and that they are monitored. The bidder has the option to expand the minimum of 13 points, which will be situated within the low-emission zones at points of interest.
A comprehensive management platform, an operational control centre, regulatory signage, technical engineering services, mobility and emissions analysis, definition of technological solutions, draughting of the technical project, supply and installation of LPR cameras, environmental sensors, training and documentation, and an operational control centre are among the actions that will be taken. Furthermore, the contract encompasses the development and integration of the remaining complementary technological apparatus, including the implementation of environmental sensors and a management platform, a mobile application, and a communication campaign, to guarantee the operational capacity of the Low Emission Zone.
Contract for the establishment of bicycle lane connections that are compatible with low-emission zones and secure school routes
The second contract, which is classified under lines P06 for pedestrian routes and P07 for secure school routes, has a base tender price of €1,245,603 (€1,029,424 + VAT). The project’s objective is to enhance the accessibility of the CEIP Acequión and CEIP Cuba schools in Torrevieja to pedestrians and bicycles, as well as to the city’s LEZ (ZBE) from peripheral streets.
In order to achieve this objective, the pavements on the streets that connect to both schools will be widened by a system of prefabricated modules that are designed to fit together and adapt to the existing pavement, both in plan and elevation. This will enable the narrower pavements to be extended without the necessity of civil engineering. Bike lanes will be constructed on the streets adjacent to the schools, as well as on other streets in the city, to connect the peripheral area with the Low Emission Zone. Whenever feasible, they will provide continuity to existing lanes.
Two cycle lanes are included in this contract, in addition to the lanes that surround the schools. The bike lane on Delfina Viudes Avenue, which will be modified to enhance its traffic characteristics, and the one that enters the LEZ from the north, beginning from the sports area on Monge y Bielsa Avenue and extending along that avenue, are two examples. The second segment encompasses the one that enters the LEZ from the east via PurÃsima Avenue and will extend along the entire coastal region of Torrevieja (PurÃsima, Mariano Ruiz Cánovas, Alfred Nobel, Martin Luther King, Marconi, and ParÃs Avenues). This contract encompasses bicycle parking within the schools and along the bike lanes that are to be constructed, as well as vertical and horizontal signage that adheres to regulations.
Author: Derek Appleton
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