The City Council begins work on a new section of the coastal corridor, which will include the last of the 17 bridges planned in the project.

The intervention in the area of El Saladillo will connect the existing path in Costalita with the one planned in Benamara.

The Estepona Town Hall informs of the beginning of the works of a new section of the coastal corridor, a project that is more than 90% completed and that allows to walk more than 21 kilometers of coastline thanks to the new paths built and the installation of up to 16 wooden bridges placed to save the existing rivers and streams.

Specifically, the new section being worked on corresponds to the area of El Saladillo and will link the existing one, to the west, in the Costalita urbanization, with the planned one, to the east, in Benamara, whose works are in the awarding phase. In this way a new step is taken, giving continuity to the pedestrian itinerary and increasing the accessible length of the promenade in the area.

The work on the El Saladillo section is located on a front line beachfront of approximately 440 meters in length.

The project includes, on the one hand, the execution of paving works, printed concrete pedestrian path with a width of 3 meters attached to the inner limit of the 6-meter transit easement strip of the public maritime land domain, in accordance with the provisions of the General Urban Development Plan (PGOU) of Estepona and with the authorized uses in the transit and protection easement.

On the other hand, in the central area, the construction of a pedestrian path over a footbridge is planned by means of a new structural wooden bridge. This would be the last of the large bridges planned in the coastal corridor project, which would make a total of 17 structures of this type to cross the existing rivers and streams.

With this new section, a new longitudinal strip in transit easement and protection of the maritime-terrestrial public domain along the entire beachfront of the project will be recovered for public use, pedestrian, bicycle and light vehicle traffic.

The works have a budget of 468,345 euros (VAT included) and a completion period of three months.

After the actions carried out in recent months, the City Council has already reached more than 21 kilometers of constructed coastal corridor, being already very close to reach the end of this sustainable and high impact project for the city that has meant preserving the coastline putting it in value and enabling a new tourist attraction.