A dozen companies bid for the integral remodeling of one of Estepona’s main shopping streets

The objective of the project, funded by the EU’s Next Generation Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, is to make this road more accessible, safe and sustainable.

The Estepona City Council reports that a total of twelve companies have submitted bids to implement the project of comprehensive remodeling of the central street Terraza, a work that is in the bidding phase. The aim of this intervention is the transformation of one of the most commercial streets of the city to make it more accessible, safe and sustainable and integrate it into the pedestrian axis of the historic center.

This is an action framed in the call for aid for the strengthening of commercial activity in tourist areas financed by the EU’s Next Generation Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, to which 2.4 million euros are allocated, which is the base price set for the tender. Although the bidding specifications establish a completion period of eight months, the contracting board of the Consistory will value the reduction in the expected duration of the works as a criterion for the evaluation of the bids that have been submitted.

The project aims to recover the concept of the street, designing an efficient model in its route and operation, while revitalizing its use as the main artery of the historic center. To this end, we have opted for an intervention that gives pedestrian priority by executing a single platform that will provide a sense of spaciousness to the entire urban area, generating a uniform environment that will enhance the activity of the various services and facilities it includes.

The pedestrian is thus emphasized, improving environmental conditions and creating an environment that guarantees universal accessibility in urban mobility. In addition, the new project will renew the current pavement by incorporating safer materials for pedestrians and will unify the different levels of the road to reduce the risk of falling or tripping, creating continuity along its route.

Terraza street connects Andalucía avenue with España avenue, and the area of action contemplated runs along this road from Los Reales avenue towards the sea, crossing the historic heart of the city. Specifically, it will intervene in three phases on an area of about 8,668.45 square meters, whose approximate dimensions are 600 meters in length and between 10 and 20 meters in its cross-sectional area.

Among the main novelties of this project is the enhancement of such an emblematic space as the Virgen del Rocío square, which will become a more diaphanous and accessible space. In addition, it will increase the number of seating areas along this street so that passers-by can rest and enjoy this public space.

The planned work also includes the renovation of the supply and sanitation infrastructure, the installation of new street lighting along the entire street, the installation of a structure of awnings to create shade, the presence of flush-fitting tree wells on the surface, reconditioning the existing tree species, street furniture, and the installation of new planters along the street at ground level for greater visual permeability and a sense of the whole. Surface parking lots are also eliminated, while respecting some loading and unloading zones. It should also be noted that the new design of the road will also allow access for emergency and security vehicles.

The intervention in Terraza Street is part of the project for the revitalization of the Old Town in which the Estepona City Council has been working for a decade, ‘Estepona, Garden of the Costa del Sol’, which has so far managed to integrate more than 130 streets, in all of them has opted for the conditioning of the spaces around the stores, with the aim of promoting and revitalizing social, commercial, cultural and leisure relations.