Almoradí puts €791,295 contract out to tender to renew the area around Teatro Cortés and the Earthquake Museum

Almoradí has put out to tender a project to renew around 4,700 square metres around Teatro Cortés and the Earthquake Museum. The contract is worth €791,295.51, including VAT, and allows five months for the work. Companies can submit bids until 12 noon on 28 October 2026, according to the current tender listing.

The project will turn the junction of Comunidad Valenciana Street, opposite Teatro Cortés, into a square with a single-level surface. It will also enlarge José Canales square and renew the pavements on Mariano Cortés and Manuel Follana streets. The plans include extending Amarión Street to Donadores, along the section between Virgen del Pilar and that road.

Around the Earthquake Museum, La Reina Street will be redeveloped, with new paving and a rearrangement of the space to make it easier to walk through and access the building. The works also include accessibility improvements, such as adapted routes and tactile paving, as well as the renewal of drinking water, sewage and rainwater drainage networks and public lighting.

The project includes LED lighting, new road surfaces, signs, landscaping and street furniture. Benches will be installed in José Canales square, and the railings around the children’s play area will be adapted to the new layout. On La Reina Street, a buried asbestos-cement pipe will be removed using a specialist procedure, with the waste handled as hazardous material.

The project plan aims to reclaim space for pedestrians and widen pavements without substantially reducing the number of parking spaces. The changes affect streets and public spaces in the town centre linked to two of Almoradí’s cultural and tourist facilities, as well as routes and access points used by residents every day.

The contract’s base budget is €653,963.23 before tax. The tender is being run under a simplified open procedure and has not been divided into lots. The planned sequence is to start near Teatro Cortés, continue along La Reina Street and finish by enlarging José Canales square, with some phases potentially taking place at the same time.

The project is part of the «Almoradí Corazón de la Vega Baja» Integrated Action Plan, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The final decision of 16 January 2026 awarded the plan €6,421,814 in European funding, covering 60% of the planned investment of €10,703,023.

At its meeting on 25 September, the municipal council included the project in an investment package and allocated an estimated €840,000 to it. This municipal allocation is separate from the exact budget for the works put out to tender. The contract to draw up the project was awarded to architect Alberto Vilella Soriano on 17 April for €18,143.95, including VAT.

Article produced by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, using public sources.