The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has litigated for 26.4 million euros (VAT included) a contract for the conservation and exploitation of state roads in Cantabria.
The duration of the contract is three years, with the possibility of extension for two more and an additional one for a maximum of nine months. The corresponding announcement will soon be published in the Official State Gazette (BOE).
The contract, which includes requirements to promote energy efficiency and emission reduction, is part of the program of this Ministry to maintain traffic, road and safety conditions in the State Road Network (RCE), ensuring that it is accessible in the appropriate conditions to all citizens.
The operation, aimed at the maintenance and maintenance of 184.2 km of roads in sector No. 6, including 76.4 km of motorway, covers several sections of motorways A-67, A-8, S-10, S-20 and S-30, and roads N-611, N-623, N-634, N-635, N-636 and S-21.
In addition, the contract will cover the execution of the superficial rehabilitation of the firm and elevation of pedestrian crossings on the N-611, in the stretch of km 187,083 to 189,818, in the municipal terms of Torrelavega and Polanco.
Reduce emissions
Within the strategy of reducing emissions and improving energy efficiency, the tender documents of the conservation and exploitation contracts (COEX) of the State Road Network include objectives of mitigation and compensation of the carbon footprint, which means that companies must include in their offers the calculation of the carbon footprint that they will generate during the execution of the contract in each stretch of the road.
They will also commit to presenting a decarbonization plan in the first six months of the contract with emission reduction and compensation measures to achieve a carbon neutral balance within five years of the contract’s inception. The compensation can be done through the absorption projects registered in the Carbon Footprint, Compensation and Carbon Dioxide Absorption Projects, under the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, or through other options. This plan will also be included within the valuation criteria.
The aim is to reduce CO2 by 71,640 tons per year, which, according to calculations made by the General Directorate of Roads, generates the regular operation and maintenance and operation of the State Road Network and reinforces the orientation towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to which this Ministry is committed.
Conservation model characteristics
The model of mixed contracts (services and works) for the execution of conservation and exploitation operations in the CER 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: schedule of status information and programming, operating aid and road safety studies and maintenance of road elements with adequate levels of quality.
Since 2022, energy efficiency measures have been incorporated into service facilities, such as self-consumption, renewable heating systems, energy saving measures in lighting or the implementation of electric vehicles.