The City Council begins work to provide lighting for areas on the outskirts and the coastal path

The Consistory launches the works of the municipal plan that in a first phase will intervene in 11 rural roads and 15 points of the coastal corridor.

The Estepona City Council has started the first works of the municipal plan to provide lighting to roads on the outskirts and sections of the coastal path. The aim of this intervention program is to provide these spaces with lighting in a way that prioritizes energy efficiency, so it has opted for both solar streetlights and LED type luminaires.

The project includes the lighting of 11 access roads to urbanizations in Estepona such as Isdabe, Cortes, Sun Beach, Avenida Flamenca, Boladilla, Nicola, Alberdina, La Cala, Monterroso, Guadalobón and Arroyo Vaquero. The objective here is to provide lighting to the stretches creating adequate visibility and safety conditions for pedestrians. The installation of 536 light points is planned. Similarly, work will be carried out on the Montesol road and Ecuador street.

At the same time, the installation of streetlights powered by a photovoltaic system to illuminate 15 areas of the coastal corridor has begun. Specifically, work will be carried out progressively in points such as El Saladillo, Villacana, Hotel Ikos, Guadalmansa, El Velerín, Dominion Beach, El Castor, El Cristo, Doncella Beach, Hotel H-10, Guadalobón, Elba, Arroyo Vaquero, Horizon Beach and Buenas Noches. Some 520 streetlights will be colored in these areas.

The total investment in these actions amounts to 1.1 million euros.

The Deputy Mayor for Services and External Control, Blas Ruzafa, emphasizes that this is an ambitious intervention program that aims to provide these spaces with lighting in a way that prioritizes energy efficiency, so it has opted for both solar streetlights and LED type luminaires.

Public lighting represents an important fraction of the electricity consumption of public entities, hence the need to increase energy efficiency in this area in order to reduce the demand for electricity. The City Council has proposed the implementation of autonomous solar streetlights as a solution to the lighting of access roads to housing developments and sections of the coastal path that currently do not have this service. With these luminaires, which incorporate photovoltaic technology, the energy demand will be considerably reduced and, therefore, the costs of electricity billing.

In parallel, the City Council is already working on other actions to be included in the lighting plan for this year and next year, which are currently under study.