The works have been awarded to SACYR Construcción on an emergency basis and for safety reasons.
The president of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) had already announced that this work was being processed at the last Board of Directors meeting held on 10 November.
The execution period for the works is three months and they will begin within one month.
On the other hand, it should be remembered that the PAV has already awarded the contract for the ‘New promenade in the northern area of the Port of Sagunto’.
The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has awarded by emergency procedure the works for the “dismantling of the deck of the Sierra Menera Ore Reservoir in the Port of Sagunto”. An action already announced by the president of the PAV, Aurelio Martínez, at the last Board of Directors of Valenciaport on Thursday 10 November, and which was completed on Friday 11 November in the afternoon with the signing of this contract with the company SACYR Construcción, S.A.U. for an amount of 5,802,053.73 € (VAT included).
With this measure, the PAV is acting urgently after the last collapse of part of the infrastructure which occurred on 28 September, where three spans fell, specifically 9, 10 and 11, those in the worst condition “without the need for a storm with the sea calm at sea, which showed the poor state of the installation which cannot be repaired”. The whole area was already marked out by Valenciaport after the first incidents.
After studying the state of this after this incident, it has also been verified that there is a support, the one supporting spans 5 and 6, which has a similar state of degradation and, therefore, within the degree of uncertainty as to the durability and safety of the entire structure, it is feared, given the material impossibility of limiting access to the area by onlookers, bathers or small boats, that before another fortuitous detachment personal injury could occur.
On the other hand, when considering the dismantling of the structure, the cost of the work and the feasibility of the action are significantly conditioned by the mobilisation of heavy maritime means and the availability of these, and it is therefore proposed to dismantle the jetty on an emergency basis. The execution period for the works is three months and they will start within one month.
Actions in city-port in Sagunto
It should be remembered that Valenciaport has already awarded COMSA. S.A.U. the work of the project “New promenade in the northern area of the Port of Sagunto” after a public tender to which five offers were presented. The awarding of this work activates the construction of a promenade in the northern part of the port area of Sagunto which, giving continuity to the promenade of the municipality, will allow public use of this area and, in the future, public access to the Sierra Menera jetty. The work is scheduled to begin in the last quarter of this year and will take 12 months to complete.
This new promenade is conceived as a cultural, leisure and recreational activity centre for the citizens, so a series of activity areas have been created to enable the creation of museum areas, restaurants, children’s play areas, sports areas, etc. In this line, one of the main ideas of the project is to enhance the heritage and historical character of the area. To this end, the new promenade is conceived as a space that combines leisure with a museum approach to the pontoon and Sagunto’s own industrial heritage.
The project contemplates constructive solutions with several areas such as: Roundabout and junction with Travesía del Mediterráneo street and Paseo Marítimo; Access stairs and starting area of the promenade; Central part of the promenade and space for activities; Final area of the promenade and future link with the jetty; Area of interaction with the beach; Bicycle lane area.
It should be remembered that the project for the remodelling of the northern area of the Port of Sagunto is being developed in two phases. On the one hand, work will be carried out on the land area and, on the other hand, the maritime part.