The Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma) has litigated, for 19.5 million euros (VAT included), a contract for the execution of various conservation and exploitation operations on state roads in Cantabria.
The contract covers a total of 147,675 km, which includes 108,225 km of motorways, and has a duration of 3 years, with the possibility of extension for another 2 years, plus an additional extension of 9 months.
It is part of the Mitma Road Conservation and Operation Program, which allows the road to be maintained on the State Road Network so that it is accessible in suitable conditions for all citizens.
The indicated sector is 1, which includes the following roads:
- Motorway A-8, several sections between km 139,350 and 198.
- Route N-629:
- Km 48,000 – Km 87,450
- Route N-629a:
- Km 72,740 – Km 73,525
- N-634 road, several sections:
- Km 136,130 – km 142,300
- Km 148,940 – Km 162,630
- Km 167,270 – Km 169,150
- Km 171,100 – Km 171,280
- Km 171,930 – Km 198,800
In addition, this contract incorporates a specific project of small works necessary to improve the functionality of the track:
- Replacement of the right margin containment system of the A-8 motorway at km 143. Cantabria.
The new model of service contracts for the execution of conservation and exploitation operations in the State Road Network aims to offer a comprehensive service of mobility to the user, improve the state of the road and network, and optimize public resources.
Conservation model characteristics
The model of mixed contracts (services and works) for the execution of conservation and exploitation operations aims to offer a comprehensive service of mobility to the user, improve the state of the road and network, and optimize public resources.
Through them, works are carried out to help the roads and ordinary conservation of the roads, to allow the infrastructure and its functional elements to have the best possible conditions of circulation and safety. It includes actions such as: status information and programming agenda, operating aid and road safety studies, and maintenance of road elements with adequate levels of quality.
In addition, within the framework of the strategy of reducing emissions and improving energy efficiency, a series of innovations have been introduced in the specifications of these contracts:
Last year, energy efficiency measures were incorporated into service facilities such as self-consumption, renewable heating systems, energy saving measures in lighting or the implementation of electric vehicles.
In contracts tendered after 2023, criteria relating to carbon footprint mitigation and compensation will be included. Thus, companies will be able to include as a punctuable improvement in their offers the presentation of a decarbonization plan with the purpose of reaching the carbon neutral balance at 5 years from the beginning of the contract. The compensation can be done through the absorption projects registered in the Carbon Footprint, Compensation and Carbon Dioxide Absorption Projects of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge or through other options.
This aims to reduce the 71,640 tons of CO2 per year generated by the regular operation and maintenance and operation of the State Road Network and reinforces the orientation towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to which Mitma is committed.