Benidorm commissions a geotechnical study for the second phase of the comprehensive renovation of the Mediterranean Avenue

Its purpose is to determine the feasibility of implementing infrastructures such as an underground car park or an anti-pollution tank on the section between Europa and Ametlla del Mat.

The mayor stresses that this study is “the previous step to being able to put the project out to tender” and recalls that this work “is one of the main objectives for this Administration”.

Benidorm City Council, through the Water Cycle Department, has commissioned the municipal water and sewerage service concessionaire, Hidraqua, to carry out a geotechnical study on Avenida del Mediterráneo, in the section between Avenida Europa and Avenida Ametlla de Mar. This was announced on Tuesday by the city's mayor, Toni Pérez, who explained that it is a "fundamental" study whose purpose is "to be able to continue advancing in the redevelopment and remodelling project of the infrastructure of this large avenue and its surroundings, as we already did in the so-called first phase".

Specifically, the mayor has indicated that the geotechnical study is “the previous step for the tendering of the drafting of a project that will allow us to have, in a very short period of time, a modern and renovated Mediterranean avenue throughout its length” and, in addition, “both in the part that we can see and walk on every day and in the part that we cannot see but that is equally or more important, such as the subsoil”.

According to the mayor, having this study is “totally necessary before the drafting of the project, given the importance and size of the hydraulic infrastructures included in this section, approximately 1,200 metres long”. Likewise, Pérez has advanced that, in addition to the renovation of pipes and conduits, the City Council is also considering the possibility of implementing other infrastructures in this area, such as an anti-pollution tank in a large part of the avenue or an underground car park. “Therefore, we need to explore the capacity of this subsoil from a geotechnical point of view, to know how it should be designed and to see if it is possible, for example, to build this underground car park as planned.”

The preparation of this study will allow us to know parameters such as the distribution of geotechnical units, seismic acceleration of the frame, foundation alternatives, possibility of complementary works, foundation level, admissible vertical pressure, situation and variables of the water table or aggressiveness of soils and water, among others, as detailed in the request that the City Council has made to Hidraqua.
 

The mayor explained that this order has been made, therefore, "in parallel with the work being carried out by the municipal Engineering area, which is drafting the technical specifications with which to put out to tender the drafting of the project for this second phase of Avenida del Mediterráneo and its surroundings" and, in turn, to be able to "already kick off the fulfilment of our commitment to the comprehensive renovation of this important urban artery, in the section from Avenida de Europa to Avenida de Filipinas, where - he recalled - for reasons of the Hydrographic Confederation we have the first open ravine" in the municipality.

Finally, Toni Pérez said that “we continue working and we continue to keep our word”, after which he expressed his confidence that “we will be able to know the results of this study very soon in order to be able to specify this project, which is one of the main objectives of this Administration, which will last until 2027”.