The management of regional port infrastructure in the Canary Islands faces the challenge of adapting non-concessioned roadways to the significant increase in recreational and commercial activity. The public business entity Puertos Canarios, attached to the Ministry of Public Works, Housing, and Mobility of the Canary Islands Government, has officially awarded the contract for the improvement works on Explanada del Castillete Street, a key thoroughfare in the port of Mogán, in the south of Gran Canaria. The project has been awarded to the joint venture (UTE) formed by Hermanos Medina La Herradura, SL and Constructora Lantigua e Hijos, SL for a net amount of €672.897,20, excluding the Canary Islands General Indirect Tax (IGIC), with a strict execution deadline of six months.
The government intervention is a direct response to the progressive deterioration and structural deficiencies of this public space, whose current degradation compromises the safety, accessibility, and operational functionality of an area where tourist, residential, and fishing uses coexist. The traffic and pedestrian congestion resulting from the consolidation of Mogán's urban and maritime center necessitated a comprehensive technical overhaul to manage traffic flow along the road. The plan, drafted entirely by the regional government's own engineers, aims to continue the redevelopment initiatives promoted by the local council in the surrounding areas to safeguard the municipality's image.
The processing of this contract has been channeled through the simplified open public sector tendering procedure, formally integrating it into the sustainability and digitalization agenda known as Smart Eco-Ports. Operating under the commercial brand Ecopuertos Autonómicos de Canarias (Canary Islands Regional Eco-Ports), the public entity seeks to address infrastructure deficiencies in its directly managed ports without negatively impacting the activity of businesses and restaurants located on the waterfront. The imminent start of the civil works by the winning consortium will require a reconfiguration of access logistics to the port area during the next six months, a critical factor for Gran Canaria's service sector in an environment of high volatility for the margins of the regional tourism and nautical sectors.
