The City Council of Seville, through Emasesa, will soon tender the renewal of the supply and sewage networks on Albaida Street, with a budget of €1,745,834 and a timeframe of nine months.
The renovation works on the water networks on Albaida Street, in the section between the avenues of Miraflores and Cruz Roja, will begin after the contract is awarded, which will be tendered in the coming days. With a budget of €1,745,834 and an execution period of nine months, the project is the responsibility of Emasesa, the metropolitan water company, and is part of the infrastructure improvement plan for the Macarena District.
The delegate for Urbanism and Environment and Emasesa councillor, Juan de la Rosa, emphasised that these works "are a firm commitment from the government of José Luis Sanz to improve the basic infrastructure of the city, infrastructure that is often unseen but essential for the daily lives of Seville residents." The intervention aims to enhance the quality of the water supply service, improving flow and pressure, and increasing the number of valves to allow for sectorisation of the area. Domestic connections affected will also be replaced.
In terms of sewage, the planned actions will improve the drainage of rainwater and wastewater, and connections, drains, and all necessary elements for the proper functioning of the network will be replaced. Additionally, the works will include complete repaving of the area of action, recovering the existing granite cobblestones from Gerena on the roadway, as well as paving the sidewalks with hexagonal hydraulic tiles and relocating the bike lane, complying with accessibility regulations.
Regarding landscaping, flowerbeds will be removed and all trees will be preserved, confining them in tree pits. As for parking, it will be arranged in two strips: one in cordon and another in battery. During the course of the intervention, it will not be necessary to cut off the water supply, as a temporary polyethylene network will be installed to maintain service to each of the domestic connections. However, there will be occasional, scheduled cuts, which will be communicated in advance to users.
De la Rosa highlighted that the project has been designed "to minimise the inconvenience to residents," ensuring water supply throughout the works and coordinating with the Mobility area regarding all traffic disruptions. "We know that works of this magnitude cause inconveniences, but we also know that the result is worth it as we will achieve a renewed, safer, and better-prepared Albaida Street for the future," he concluded.
The works will be carried out in two successive and independent phases: the first, between the avenue of Miraflores and the junction with Palma del Río Street; and the second, between that junction and the avenue of Cruz Roja. The streets Francisco Meneses, Francisco Moraga, General Marva, Amante Laffón, Maestre Angulo, Palma del Río, José María Izquierdo, and Llerena will also be affected. Regarding vehicular traffic, all disruptions will be coordinated with the Mobility area to minimise inconvenience to residents. For pedestrian traffic, which will be partially affected, the area will be fenced off and access walkways will be installed to the entrances of homes and businesses.
These works add to other recent interventions in the Macarena District, such as the one started a few days ago on Llanes Avenue, where after 18 years the local government will recover around twenty parking spaces, or the one on Artesanos Peluqueros Street, which with an investment of €461,000 will be redeveloped to improve pedestrian access and renew the roadway, channels, and public lighting. Also noteworthy is the resurfacing of Pino Montano Avenue, nearly 700 meters long, which now has top-quality pavement following an investment of over €140,000.
In terms of asphalting, numerous streets and avenues in the district have already been renewed, such as San Juan de la Salle, Alcalde Manuel del Valle, La Barzola, Jara, Romero Petunia, Parque Miraflores, or Escultor Francisco Buiza, among others. All these actions total an investment of around one million euros in the past year. Other notable works in Macarena include the redevelopment of Doctor Antonio Herrera Carmona Street in La Carrasca, the redevelopment of Blanca Paloma Square, the resurfacing of Camino de Cantalobos in the Los Príncipes neighbourhood, the improvement of the sidewalk on Madreselva, the redevelopment of Fedra Street, and works on Estanislao del Campo López in La Carrasca, Gáspar de Alvear in El Torrejón, and Bermúdez Plata and Martínez Sierra in the Polígono Norte.
The interventions also extend to streets such as Fernández de Guadalupe, José María Izquierdo, Algámitas, Palma del Río, Fray Isidoro de Sevilla, León XIII, Otoño (now Amigos de la Cruz), and the bus lanes of Sor Francis. With all these actions, the City Council aims to renew the basic infrastructure of a district that has demanded improvements in its services and public spaces for years.
The forecast is that the works on Albaida Street will begin in the coming months, once the contract is awarded. Residents and businesses in the area will be informed in advance of the occasional supply cuts and the impacts on traffic and pedestrian access.
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