Estepona Beaches Get New All-Year Concrete Walkways

Estepona Town Hall has awarded a contract for new, durable concrete walkways and platforms, improving year-round beach access for residents and visitors

Estepona residents and visitors can look forward to improved, year-round access to the town's beaches, following a significant investment by Estepona Town Hall. The Town Hall has awarded a contract for the supply and installation of new, durable concrete walkways and platforms, designed to enhance accessibility and withstand the elements.

Estepona Town Hall has awarded the contract for the supply and installation of prefabricated concrete walkways, draining platforms for showers and foot-washes, and platforms for beach modules to the company Prefabricados López y Mochón S.L. The contract value amounts to €414,304 (IVA included).

The project includes the installation of 1,250 linear metres of fixed walkways and 80 platform units destined for beach modules, showers, and foot-washes. These will be made from anti-slip wood-imitation concrete. Furthermore, they will comply with the regulatory accessibility ordinance concerning norms for Accessibility in Infrastructure, Urban Planning, Building, and Transport in the Community of Andalucía.

The new concrete walkways are intended to facilitate movement along beach access points, while the platforms will allow for the conditioning of areas near showers, foot-washes, and beach modules. Estepona Town Hall will distribute them across the coastline as required by service needs.

This initiative will eliminate the current wooden walkways, which had to be removed after each summer season and frequently suffered damage from storms. The concrete walkways will offer greater durability and resistance to beach cleaning machinery traffic, in addition to reducing maintenance requirements.

The prefabricated concrete walkways improve accessibility throughout the year, facilitating the movement of people with reduced mobility from the promenade or coastal corridor to dry and wet sand areas, and to toilet and lifesaving modules. The concrete walkways will also be wider than the current wooden ones, reaching 1.80 metres.

Among the improvements included in the award, the company will install 30 additional walkway units. Furthermore, the execution period has been reduced from the initially planned 84 days to 49 days, which will begin once the contract is signed. The contract also incorporates an extended warranty period, which will be four years in total.

Further Beach Infrastructure Upgrades

Separately, the tender process continues for the supply and installation of six lifesaving and first aid modules, nine toilet modules, and one storage module. These will be distributed across the beaches of Arroyo Vaquero, El Cristo, La Rada, Saladillo, El Padrón, and Paseo Marítimo.

This work is part of Estepona Town Hall's ongoing interventions related to municipal beach equipment, encompassing both the installation of walkways and the provision of platforms for various coastal services.