Bridging The Axarquia

A bold imagination to link Malaga province’s coastline from extremity to extremity is taking its adjacent large measurement pinch a caller span task successful Torrox.

The Torrox municipality hallway has conscionable put retired to tender a scheme to build a 165-metre footbridge complete nan River Torrox, linking nan iconic lighthouse area to El Peñoncillo beach. Once complete, nan walkway will go nan longest of its benignant successful nan Axarquia region and nan 2nd longest successful nan full province.

The value tag is 2.1 cardinal euros, up importantly from earlier estimates. The building will proceed nan scenic Senda Litoral — a 180-kilometre coastal way that, erstwhile afloat finished, will let walkers to locomotion nan full Costa del Sol by foot.

Backed by nan Diputación de Málaga, nan coastal way task has been slow taking style complete nan past 10 years. Around 90 per cent is already done, but nan eastbound agelong — particularly astir Velez-Malaga — has proven trickier. Tough terrain and bureaucratic headaches person slowed things down.

Still, Torrox is pushing ahead. The caller footbridge will prime up wherever nan existent four-kilometre way ends successful nan westbound and link it to nan adjacent conception astatine Punta del Faro, correct by nan first formation barroom connected El Peñoncillo.

Interested building companies person until 26 August to taxable their bids. The timeline? Around 8 months from groundbreaking to ribbon cutting.

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