The Zaragoza Provincial Council has put out to tender a €6 million contract for the maintenance of its provincial road network over two years. The contract raises the budget by 20% from the previous one and may be extended for up to four years.
Provincial road maintenance divided into five zones
The contract will divide the work into five geographic lots: Cinco Villas and Jacetania; Monegros, Ribera Baja, Caspe and Belchite; Daroca and Cariñena; Valdejalón and Calatayud; and Ribera Alta, Aranda, Moncayo and Borja. Each lot must be awarded to a different company, meaning that no bidder may secure more than one, either individually or through a temporary joint venture.
The planned work includes pothole repairs, ditch clearing, roadside tree pruning, winter road maintenance and the removal of obstacles from the roadway. The contract also covers road closures, signage and the resolution of traffic-related incidents.
Technical staff from the Zaragoza Provincial Council will manage and oversee the work. Companies will be required to have a maintenance and operations manager, a supervisor with experience in civil engineering works or road maintenance, as well as machinery and vehicles including excavators, backhoes, trucks, street sweepers and tanker trucks.
Two provincial roads to be tendered for €6.7 million
The plenary session also approved the tendering of upgrade works on two roads included in the 2024-2031 road improvement program. The largest project will be on the ZP-2201 between Monegrillo and Osera, with a tender budget of €4 million.
Work on the ZP-2201 will cover the section between kilometer markers 10.00 and 17.800. This project will be joined by the upgrading of the ZP-3203 between Aladrén and Vistabella, whose works will be put out to tender for €2.7 million.
Unified Grant Plan to allocate €50 million among 292 municipalities
The provincial authority has unanimously given final approval to the 2026 Unified Grant Plan, which will distribute €50 million among the province’s 292 municipalities. The funding will support 1,152 projects.
The plenary session also approved regulations governing assistance to municipal councils through the Coordination, Technical Assistance and Architecture service, which comprises architects, technical architects and draftsmen.
Separately, all political groups approved a motion by the Popular Party, amended by the PSOE, calling on the Spanish government to guarantee services provided by the National Social Security Institute in rural areas. The agreement calls for the urgent reopening of the INSS office in La Almunia, the filling of vacancies, information on the reasons for its closure and an adequate in-person service network compatible with digital transformation. The plenary session rejected another PP initiative on regulating technical assistance provided by the Provincial Council’s Architecture service to municipalities.
