The drafting projects for the road and railway accesses to the Port of Barcelona have been put out to tender

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2023-10-31 19:12:28

New step in road and rail access to the Port of Barcelona. This Tuesday, the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda put out to tender the drafting of the projects construction of the southern entrances 12.2 million of euros. The board of directors of Adifmanager of railway infrastructure, has approved the project, “which will define the works to be carried out and their process”, according to the ministry.

Specifically, this part of the complex and always postponed works in the port will include details ofl railway shaft and of the road infrastructurewhile the railway ring facilities will be the subject of other construction projects to be developed By the port. In December, the Port of Barcelona awarded the work to consolidate the land of the new rail access and the ways to connect with the future Nou Llobregat terminal.

Three year term

The first phase of drafting the tendered project now has a estimated term of 24 months. The second phase will specify 12 months reports, actions and details of the project.

He Ministry of Transport has detailed that the project to be drawn up will define two false tunnels of 3.2 kilometres. One of them, 1.9 kilometers and double track, will go from its connection with the l’Hospitalet-Can Tunis line to the exit to the surface. The second, 1.3 kilometers long, will connect with the Can Tunis stationincluding the exposed part between screens.

Also contemplated is the superstructure of the railway infrastructure, the provisional diversion of the Railways of the Generalitat of Catalonia (FGC) and its subsequent replacement, with a layout compatible with a future line duplication. In addition, two emergency exits with three access roads, replacement of roads and services and drainage works will be defined.

Road structure

As for the road axis, the main axis is included from kilometer point 0.510, until reaching the end at kilometer point 5.143. Half of this road route runs in structure.

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Also included is the definition of the Free Zone – Pratenc link, which allows the connection between the Free Zone and the port. The solution defined will be compatible with the Urban Master Plan of the Intermodal Logistics Terminal and will allow transversal permeability between the terminals located on both sides of the link.

The high concentration of services on 6th Street, which runs parallel to the old channel of the Llobregat River, represents “one of the main conditions when defining a joint action in this area that does not compromise the subsequent development of the planned actions: the road axis, the Zona Franca link – Pratencthe ring of the railway axis and the Port terminals, Railway Highway Terminal and Expedition / Reception”, they have added from Transport.

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