Transportes awards a contract for the conservation of state roads in the province of Zamora for 11.8 million euros

• The duration of the contract is three years, with the possibility of extension for another two years, and is part of the program of conservation and exploitation of the State Road Network. • It includes actions such as accident monitoring and attention, winter road, tunnel control and communications service or the maintenance of facilities. • Three specific construction projects are included on the A-66 motorway and the N-630, N-610 and N-631 roads. • New features are introduced in the specifications to promote the improvement of energy efficiency and the reduction of emissions of the activity of the General Directorate of Roads.

March 6, 2024.- The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has awarded 11.8 million euros (VAT included) a contract for the execution of various conservation and exploitation operations on state roads in the province of Zamora.

The contract covers a total of 216.54 km, which includes 32.52 km of motorway, and has a duration of three years, with the possibility of extension for another two years, plus an additional nine months.

It is part of the Ministry ' s road maintenance and operation programme, which enables road traffic to be maintained on the State Road Network so that it is accessible in appropriate conditions to all citizens.

The indicated sector is 3, which includes the sections of the following roads:

• Motorway A-66:
  • Km 277,600 - 310,120
• Route N-631:
  • Km 0,000 - 56,685
• N-610 road:
  • Km 74,670 – 99.090
• N-6 road, several sections:
  • Km 259,155 – 260,919
  • Km 265,219 – 269,400
• N-6l road:
  • Km 269,400 – 276,282
• N-630 road, several sections:
  • Km 204,100 – 207,850
  • Km 207,850 – 213,110
  • Km 219,294 – 272,471
  • Km 283,340 – 309,400
• N-630A road:
  • Km 306,181 – 308,024

In addition, this contract incorporates three specific projects of works necessary to improve the functionality of the track:

• Superficial rehabilitation of the firm on the N‐630 road, between the km 285,450 and 288,500.
• Rehabilitation of pedestrian guardrails between km 80,790 to 81,810 of the N-610, crossing of Villanueva del Campo, and km 224,650 to 225,352 of the N-630, crossing of Barcial del Barco, repainting of metallic elements existing in the A-66, railing of Corrales del Vino and placement of regulatory barrier in the pipe km 15 of the N-631.
• Rectification of defects in supports and barriers in the structure located at km 308,200, on the A-66 motorway. Replacement of the reinforced neoprene joints with elastomeric joints in the structures between km 277,600 and 310, on the A-66, on both roads.

Conservation model characteristics

The new model of 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.

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.

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:

• In 2022, 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.
• Criteria relating to carbon footprint mitigation and compensation are included in contracts tendered after 2023. Thus, companies will be able to add as a punctuable improvement in their offers the presentation of a decarbonization plan with the purpose of reaching the carbon neutral balance within five 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.

The aim is to reduce the 71,640 tonnes of CO2 per year generated by the regular operation and maintenance and operation of the State Road Network and to reinforce the orientation towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to which the Ministry is committed.