CV95 Widening - Contract Awarded For Drafting Project
Posted: 10 Aug 2026 06:44
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The Generalitat awards the contract for drafting the CV-95 duplication project between Orihuela and Torrevieja and postpones the works until at least 2028
The design phase for the 26-kilometer route, which will be carried out by the company Typsa prior to the concession of the works, will take more than 20 months.
The start of the CV-95 widening project between Orihuela and Torrevieja will not take place during this term, as previously reported by INFORMACIÓN. The Valencian Regional Government has now awarded the contract to the Typsa Group to draft the basic project and all the necessary technical, economic, and administrative documentation "to promote the future widening of the CV-95 between Orihuela and Torrevieja," as announced this Wednesday by the Ministry of Environment, Infrastructure, and Territory. This project will connect the interior and coast of the region and its two main cities, a project the municipalities have been demanding for four decades. The current road has one lane in each direction and experiences high traffic volume.
Regarding the execution timeframe, as confirmed to INFORMACIÓN by the Regional Ministry of Territory, the contract stipulates a 25-month period. This also includes, once the project is finalized, support for the Directorate General in drafting the documentation for tendering the work through a concession. The deadline for drafting the project and carrying out the environmental assessment, public consultation, and coordination with other administrations is 16 months. This places the tendering process for the works in 2028, barring any delays or unforeseen circumstances.
The subsequent concession contract involves a cost of 180 million euros, through the concession formula with availability payment, in which the concessionaire must face all the initial investment so that the Administration can then pay it an annual fee.
The contract for drafting the route design, valued at €1,317,969, constitutes "the preliminary step," as the Generalitat itself points out, to the future construction of this strategic infrastructure for mobility in the Vega Baja region. Eleven bids were submitted for the tender process, "which demonstrates — in the opinion of the regional government — the high level of interest in this project from the sector."
Concession
The award will allow for the technical definition of the project, the study of different alternatives for improving the road, and the preparation of all the necessary documentation for subsequently tendering the public works concession. It also includes an analysis of the project's technical, economic, and environmental feasibility, as well as the definition of the contractual structure under which the future infrastructure will be built, which the Generalitat has maintained for a year will be under the availability-based payment model.
Among the alternatives that will need to be studied are "the widening of the road and the construction of bypasses that will improve the capacity of the road and reduce through traffic in urban areas."
The project affects a stretch of approximately 26.5 kilometers, which passes through or borders the municipalities of Orihuela, Bigastro, Jacarilla, and San Miguel de Salinas. Currently, the CV-95 has only one lane in each direction and experiences high traffic volume, especially during the summer months when the region's population increases considerably. This volume averages around 10,000 vehicles per day on all sections except the one closest to Torrevieja, where it exceeds 20,000, according to the latest data from the Valencian Regional Government.
180 million euros
The work will also serve to structure the future concession for an infrastructure project with a total estimated investment of around €180 million, aimed at improving connectivity between the interior of the Vega Baja region and the coast, increasing road safety, and facilitating mobility for residents and visitors. With this contract award, the Valencian Government affirms that it continues to advance in the planning of a project considered strategic to meet the growing demand for mobility along one of the region's main road corridors.
Pay-per-availability
Once the project is approved, and subsequently the construction, the concessionaire would assume the full cost of the public works, maintenance, and operation during the concession period, while the government would pay it an annual fee as an availability payment, allowing it to amortize these costs over the concession period. In other words, it would be a formula similar to that used for a toll concession, but without the toll. The government would pay the concessionaire.
The section between the Torrevieja Hospital and the N-332 bypass would be excluded from the concession because, as the mayor of Torrevieja and regional deputy, Eduardo Dolón, assured, it will be integrated as an obligation of the developer of the La Ceñuela sector, now in process, although with a part of regional financing.
Fast track, motorway fiasco and roundabouts
Initiatives to provide the region's two main cities with a direct, high-capacity road connection date back to the 1990s, with the idea of building a "fast track" that was never implemented. In 2007, under the government of Francisco Camps, the proposal evolved into the construction of a highway, which was awarded to Rover Alcisa, Luis Batalla, and Torrescámara. Construction was halted by a court ruling due to a lack of environmental impact assessment. The Valencian regional government (Generalitat) lacked the necessary funds during the economic crisis to undertake the project, and the companies, once the project was scrapped and the contract terminated, received €10 million in compensation from public funds without lifting a finger.
The Botànic government, since 2015, has limited its actions to improving road safety at at-grade intersections of the existing single-lane road in each direction by constructing roundabouts on the San Miguel de Salinas bypass and at intersections with the roads to Torremendo, Los Montesinos, Jacarilla, and Bigastro. In response to demands from businesses and municipalities, towards the end of its last term, it awarded a preliminary contract for the widening of one of the shorter sections, between Vistabella and Los Montesinos. The current Valencian government has taken more than three years—with the post-storm recovery efforts as a key focus—to put the complete project out to tender, without having secured funding because it needs a construction company interested in the availability-based concession model. Regional Minister Vicente Martínez Mus convened the municipalities affected by the infrastructure at the CDT in Torrevieja to announce the concession formula in April 2025 and set 2027 as the start date for the works. But it is going to be delayed, because the drafting of the project has just been awarded.
Google translate, minus video and images:
The Generalitat awards the contract for drafting the CV-95 duplication project between Orihuela and Torrevieja and postpones the works until at least 2028
The design phase for the 26-kilometer route, which will be carried out by the company Typsa prior to the concession of the works, will take more than 20 months.
The start of the CV-95 widening project between Orihuela and Torrevieja will not take place during this term, as previously reported by INFORMACIÓN. The Valencian Regional Government has now awarded the contract to the Typsa Group to draft the basic project and all the necessary technical, economic, and administrative documentation "to promote the future widening of the CV-95 between Orihuela and Torrevieja," as announced this Wednesday by the Ministry of Environment, Infrastructure, and Territory. This project will connect the interior and coast of the region and its two main cities, a project the municipalities have been demanding for four decades. The current road has one lane in each direction and experiences high traffic volume.
Regarding the execution timeframe, as confirmed to INFORMACIÓN by the Regional Ministry of Territory, the contract stipulates a 25-month period. This also includes, once the project is finalized, support for the Directorate General in drafting the documentation for tendering the work through a concession. The deadline for drafting the project and carrying out the environmental assessment, public consultation, and coordination with other administrations is 16 months. This places the tendering process for the works in 2028, barring any delays or unforeseen circumstances.
The subsequent concession contract involves a cost of 180 million euros, through the concession formula with availability payment, in which the concessionaire must face all the initial investment so that the Administration can then pay it an annual fee.
The contract for drafting the route design, valued at €1,317,969, constitutes "the preliminary step," as the Generalitat itself points out, to the future construction of this strategic infrastructure for mobility in the Vega Baja region. Eleven bids were submitted for the tender process, "which demonstrates — in the opinion of the regional government — the high level of interest in this project from the sector."
Concession
The award will allow for the technical definition of the project, the study of different alternatives for improving the road, and the preparation of all the necessary documentation for subsequently tendering the public works concession. It also includes an analysis of the project's technical, economic, and environmental feasibility, as well as the definition of the contractual structure under which the future infrastructure will be built, which the Generalitat has maintained for a year will be under the availability-based payment model.
Among the alternatives that will need to be studied are "the widening of the road and the construction of bypasses that will improve the capacity of the road and reduce through traffic in urban areas."
The project affects a stretch of approximately 26.5 kilometers, which passes through or borders the municipalities of Orihuela, Bigastro, Jacarilla, and San Miguel de Salinas. Currently, the CV-95 has only one lane in each direction and experiences high traffic volume, especially during the summer months when the region's population increases considerably. This volume averages around 10,000 vehicles per day on all sections except the one closest to Torrevieja, where it exceeds 20,000, according to the latest data from the Valencian Regional Government.
180 million euros
The work will also serve to structure the future concession for an infrastructure project with a total estimated investment of around €180 million, aimed at improving connectivity between the interior of the Vega Baja region and the coast, increasing road safety, and facilitating mobility for residents and visitors. With this contract award, the Valencian Government affirms that it continues to advance in the planning of a project considered strategic to meet the growing demand for mobility along one of the region's main road corridors.
Pay-per-availability
Once the project is approved, and subsequently the construction, the concessionaire would assume the full cost of the public works, maintenance, and operation during the concession period, while the government would pay it an annual fee as an availability payment, allowing it to amortize these costs over the concession period. In other words, it would be a formula similar to that used for a toll concession, but without the toll. The government would pay the concessionaire.
The section between the Torrevieja Hospital and the N-332 bypass would be excluded from the concession because, as the mayor of Torrevieja and regional deputy, Eduardo Dolón, assured, it will be integrated as an obligation of the developer of the La Ceñuela sector, now in process, although with a part of regional financing.
Fast track, motorway fiasco and roundabouts
Initiatives to provide the region's two main cities with a direct, high-capacity road connection date back to the 1990s, with the idea of building a "fast track" that was never implemented. In 2007, under the government of Francisco Camps, the proposal evolved into the construction of a highway, which was awarded to Rover Alcisa, Luis Batalla, and Torrescámara. Construction was halted by a court ruling due to a lack of environmental impact assessment. The Valencian regional government (Generalitat) lacked the necessary funds during the economic crisis to undertake the project, and the companies, once the project was scrapped and the contract terminated, received €10 million in compensation from public funds without lifting a finger.
The Botànic government, since 2015, has limited its actions to improving road safety at at-grade intersections of the existing single-lane road in each direction by constructing roundabouts on the San Miguel de Salinas bypass and at intersections with the roads to Torremendo, Los Montesinos, Jacarilla, and Bigastro. In response to demands from businesses and municipalities, towards the end of its last term, it awarded a preliminary contract for the widening of one of the shorter sections, between Vistabella and Los Montesinos. The current Valencian government has taken more than three years—with the post-storm recovery efforts as a key focus—to put the complete project out to tender, without having secured funding because it needs a construction company interested in the availability-based concession model. Regional Minister Vicente Martínez Mus convened the municipalities affected by the infrastructure at the CDT in Torrevieja to announce the concession formula in April 2025 and set 2027 as the start date for the works. But it is going to be delayed, because the drafting of the project has just been awarded.