The City Council awards the works for the renovation and improvement of playgrounds in the urban and suburban areas.

The project includes a comprehensive intervention for the replacement and modernization of some twenty facilities.

The Estepona City Council has awarded an important action aimed at the renovation and improvement of municipal playgrounds located both in the urban core and in the outlying areas. The aim of this project is to modernize and put in perfect state of use and safety these spaces for the leisure of children.

The initiative includes the intervention in enclosures in which it will proceed to the replacement of the elements of play and safety that are in poor condition, for others of higher quality, more modern and adapted to the needs of children.

The action will be carried out, in this first phase, in a total of 18 parks. Specifically, action will be taken in the areas located in the following locations: Cancelada nursery, Plaza de las Nieves (Cancelada), Tenencia de Alcaldía de Isdabe, Blas Infante (Picasso neighborhood), Espronceda, Plaza Pescadores, Altos de Guadalobón (Local Police Park), Avenida de Andalucía with Avenida San Lorenzo, Jardín de la Vega, Parque de El Abuelo, Policía Nacional (in Terraza street), Recinto Ferial, Plaza de la Comunicación, Plaza de la Concordia (Isdabe), Parque de El Ángel, Santiago Apóstol, Concha Espina, and Congreso.

The project was finally awarded for 745,254 euros (VAT included), with a completion period of six months. The selected bid has presented a significant reduction in the base bid price, which was set at 1.1 million. It also proposes creative and functional designs with a wide range of adapted or inclusive games in each of the areas and a diversity of them for the use of a wide range of ages and users.

The initiative includes the replacement of the protective surfaces formed by rubber tiles of 100 x 100 x 4.5 centimeters for continuous rubber safety pavements of 4 centimeters thick. In addition, the playground equipment in poor condition that can be repaired will be removed and transported to the City Hall warehouse to be used as spare parts in other elements if possible.

The urban furniture elements that interfere with the works, such as litter garbage cans or benches, stored on site, will also be removed and subsequently relocated within the children’s area or in the immediate vicinity.

The new sets of games or isolated elements included in the budget will be installed, locating them according to the safety area required and indicated by the manufacturer,

. Finally, in those areas that do not have a perimeter safety area, an enclosure consisting of colored metal fences 90 centimeters high will be installed.

This intervention is the first phase of a plan that will reach all the playgrounds in the municipality in the coming months.