Words from the Mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz:
Before telling you about the asphalt plan that we have carried out in the city since May 2023, I wanted to thank the media and all those present for attending this event.
Before being elected as mayor of Seville, I committed to making improving the city’s roads a priority for the Government team if I was elected. My goal was to make them safer and more comfortable for drivers and pedestrians.
Most of you are aware of my great passion for motorcycles, and that is why I know firsthand the importance of having quality asphalt on the city’s roads. Therefore, I set out from the very beginning to improve it in every district of Seville.
Since we started working for the city in May 2023, we have carried out more than 160 interventions on city roads to provide them with top-quality asphalt.
This has entailed an investment, up to this day, exceeding 12.5 million euros.
With these actions, we have managed to repave about 100 kilometers. To give you an idea, it would be like working on the asphalt of a road that connects Seville with Huelva.
In order to continue improving Seville’s roads, we have increased the budget of the multi-year contract that is currently held by the Urban Planning Department of the Seville City Council for the maintenance, repair, replacement, and improvement of public roadways and spaces, whether pedestrian or for traffic.
This contract is financially endowed with 14 million euros for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. This amount has significantly increased in the last budget cycle to expand the number of interventions, going from 10 to 14 million euros. This additional 4 million euros will allow for more improvement actions.
The process for the contracting of the next contract of this nature has already been initiated. Once again, the contracting will be for three years, extendable for a maximum of two more years, and the financial allocation exceeds 53.8 million euros.
This budget will be distributed over three fiscal years of around 17.9 million each. (One for 2026, another for 2027, and the last for 2028).
As mentioned before, this contract, in addition to specific repairs on city streets, has allowed us to carry out over 160 pavement improvement interventions.
Within these repaving works, we are taking comprehensive action on certain roads such as the one we are currently on, Avenida Cardenal Bueno Monreal and its underpass, which had not been touched for over 25 years, and where we are investing more than half a million euros.
In this repaving plan, we have included all the districts of the city. In these two years of government, we have improved some of the main streets of the city, often responding to neighborhood demands, which I will detail for you:
In the East-Alcosa-Torreblanca District, we have addressed the pavement of major avenues and main arteries in the area such as Alcalde Luis Uruñuela, Luis Fuentes Bejarano, Avenida de las ONG, and most recently, Avenida Ciudad de Chiva.
Only in this district, more than a million euros have been invested which has allowed us to address significant deficiencies in roadways that were causing traffic problems and noise disturbances to the neighbors in the area.
In Los Remedios, we have repaired the asphalt on Puente de las Delicias and San Telmo, Plaza de Cuba, República Argentina, or Virgen de Luján. In this district, we have invested 623,000 euros.
In the Old Town District, we have repaved the roads of important routes, which hundreds of vehicles and motorcycles pass through daily, such as Resolana, Reyes Católicos, Santas Patronas, and those of Plaza del Duque de la Victoria, Javier Lasso de la Vega, and Trajano.
In the Cerro-Amate District, streets like Afán de Rivera, Puebla del Río, Ronda Padre Pío, Avenida de los Gavilanes, or Pino Central have been repaved.
In Bellavista-La Palmera, improvement works have been carried out on Dulce Chacón, Avenida de Francia, Avenida del Reino Unido, and just a few days ago, the works on Avenida de la Palmera and Paseo de las Delicias were completed, from the Glorieta de los Marineros to the height of Páez de Rivera.
On these two avenues, it had been over a decade since any work had been done there, and you can imagine how necessary it was given that they are among the main roads in Seville. This district has seen an investment of over 1.1 million euros.
Regarding the Macarena District, it is worth noting that in this time, about twenty streets including Doctor Fedriani, León XIII, Avenida San Juan de la Salle, Calle Fedra and Venta de los Gatos, Pueblo Palestino, and the more recent ones, Avenida de la Barzola or Camino de Cantalobos, a stretch that had not been worked on for over 25 years, have been repaved.
In the Nervión District, repaving has been carried out on streets such as Avenida Ciudad Jardín, Santa Joaquina de Vedruna, Beatriz de Suabia, and most recently, Benito Mas and Prats, and Marqués de Nervión (between Cea Bermúdez and Eduardo Dato).
In the North District, work has been done on Metalurgia Street, with an investment of over 300,000 euros; Profesor Tierno Galván, Corral del Agua, or Estrella Polar, recently completed.
The South District already has renewed roads like Avenida del Cid, Victoria Domínguez Cerrato, Tabladilla Street, and where we are now, Cardenal Bueno Monreal.
The pavement of the Triana Bridge, the Muro de Defensa road, Rubén Darío, Ronda de Triana, or Juan Díaz de Solís in the Triana District has also been newly paved.
Lastly, in San Pablo-Santa Justa, reasphalting work has been carried out on streets like Arroyo Street, Avenida Kansas City, Tharsis Street, or the most recent ones: Pablo de Rojas and Alonso Martínez.
Most of this work is being done at night to minimize disruptions to traffic and the daily lives of residents and businesses caused by these interventions.
I would like to announce that among the upcoming improvement actions planned, on July 7th, works will begin on Avenida Alcalde Manuel del Valle, in the section between San Juan de la Salle Street and Tharsis Street, as well as the section of the bridge over the railway that connects this avenue with Kansas City, specifically the section that was not intervened in 2016, the last time work was done on that street.
This intervention, which will have an investment of more than 324,000 euros, will address the current poor condition of the roadway with cracking and fissures in the vehicle circulation areas due to the passage of time.
Throughout the months of July and August, in addition to Alcalde Manuel del Valle, repaving works will be carried out on Larache Street in the North District; on Republic of China Avenue (between Avenida de las Ciencias and Birmania) and Hermenegildo Casas Jiménez Street, both in the East-Alcosa-Torreblanca District;
We are also in the process of tendering the works for the National Highway 630 in Avenida de las Razas.
Furthermore, works to improve the pavement on Calzada de Su Eminencia in the South District and on Ronda del Tamarguillo (section between Avda. de Hytasa and Avda. San Juan de la Cruz) are pending tender, with investments of 357,000 euros and 367,000 euros respectively.
I would also like to inform you that this week, urban redevelopment works have begun on Los Conquistadores Avenue in the Santa Clara neighborhood.
With an investment of 1.2 million euros and an estimated execution period of 10 months,
the entire boulevard space will be intervened, expanding sidewalks in this area, which were previously insufficient, to comply with accessibility regulations. Solutions will be implemented for deficiencies in the asphalt, and lighting issues will be resolved with the installation of new lampposts to create safe pathways for pedestrians and cyclists, addressing a community demand.
Los Conquistadores Avenue will feature new sanitation networks, landscaped areas with new tree species that will provide more shade, parking areas will be set up, and this space will be equipped with calisthenics areas, bio-healthy games, and benches.
In the coming months, significant works will also begin to be carried out by Emasesa with a total investment of almost 10 million euros. These works include the replacement of sanitation and water supply networks and the installation of a new irrigation network on Pagés del Corro Street, which will last approximately a year and a half; the urban redevelopment of Méndez Núñez Street, which will be completed in about 7 months, and the improvement of accessibility on Manuel Gonzalo Mateu, Enamorados, and Laguna Streets.
Additionally, work will continue on projects that have already begun on Santa Ángela de la Cruz and Dueñas Streets, Teodosio, Júcar, and Utrera.
I would like to conclude by reminding you that many of the completed or upcoming works address longstanding demands from residents, as many streets had gone years without repair.
Actions in each and every district because for this government team, all districts deserve equal attention, and all streets should be in perfect condition to show that Seville is moving forward.
