This week, the tender for the reconstruction works for the access road to the Balcón de Bernia residential area has been published. This is the road whose retaining wall collapsed because of the rains in 2022. The road is currently completely undermined in the area where the wall collapsed. Although a reinforced concrete wall has been built by the community of owners of the residential development, the services are in a precarious state, with temporary connections and completely exposed to the elements.
The works will consist of demolishing the road surface affected by the collapse of the wall, filling in the wall, compacting the fill, aligning the kerbs and replacing the existing services. Subsequently, the asphalt layer will be laid, the pavements will be rebuilt, and the road will be painted.
The supply network, which is currently laid provisionally, will also be replaced, a new drainage grate will be installed at the lowest point of the road to improve drainage in the area, and work will be carried out to channel the underground low-voltage line.
This work has a base tender budget of €219,404 and a completion period of three months. This is one of the projects that will be financed with the surplus from last year's budget.
The mayoress, Ana Sala, said that "it was always my intention to tackle this project and carry it out as soon as possible, but circumstances such as the lack of technicians in the infrastructure and projects department have delayed us until now. The project was finalised just a few months ago, we have had a shortage of qualified technicians in the department, and the time has come to put it out to tender. We hope that reputable companies will submit bids so that we can carry out the work as soon as possible and return that area of the Empedrola development to normal. The owners were very concerned about the rain, which caused a lot of damage and forced residents to be evacuated. I hope that everything will soon return to normal".