- The duration of the contract is three years, with the possibility of extension for another two, and an additional one for a maximum of nine months 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.
- This contract incorporates two specific projects: the installation of new containment systems on a section of the A-42 and the construction of emergency partitions on the A-42 and the A-5
The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has awarded, in the amount of 22.7 million euros (VAT included), a contract for the execution of various conservation and exploitation operations on state roads in the Community of Madrid. The contract covers a total of 71,792 km of motorways (including trunk and service roads). It has a duration of three years, with the possibility of extension for another two years, plus an additional one for a maximum of 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 No. 5, which includes the following roads:
- Motorway A-42, between km 3.71 and 30.53. It also includes the existing service routes between km 5.9 and 25.35.
- Motorway A-5, between km 10 and 36,672. It also includes the existing service routes between the km 11,55 and 36,67.
In addition, this contract incorporates two specific projects of small works necessary to improve the functionality of the track:
- Replacement of the containment system by new jersey barrier between km 4,400 and 6,600 (right driveway) and construction of an emergency building at km 7,050 of the left driveway on the Toledo A-42 motorway.
- Adaptation of the acceleration lane at km 17,400 (right driveway) and construction of an emergency building on the southwest A-5 motorway.
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: 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 from 2023 onwards. 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 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.