Estepona tenders €1.2m rural road works. 11 tracks to be upgraded

The Ayuntamiento de Estepona (town hall) has put out to tender works to upgrade sections of 11 rural roads, with a base budget of just over €1.23 million. The project matters to residents of the countryside areas concerned, where the council says it wants safer and better driving conditions.

Key facts

• Budget: base tender price of €1,233,023.82, VAT included.
• Scale: works on more than 11 kilometres of road surface across 11 rural roads.
• Deadline: companies must submit bids electronically by 23.59 on 2 December 2026.
• Walls: a new rock-armour retaining wall on the Camino de Los Polvitos and repairs to a wall protecting the Camino del Castor.

Where the work will happen

According to the town hall, the roads lie in three parts of the municipality. In the eastern area, around the Castor and Velerín rivers, the roads are Velerín, Nicola-Velerín, El Castor, La Alberdina and Charca de las Nutrias.

In the central area, the project covers Cuesta de Mojones, La Cala Alta, La Malagueña and Pantoja. In the west, it includes the Los Polvitos roads, on the slopes of Sierra Bermeja.

What the works involve

The town hall says the project includes repairing the road base with artificial crushed stone (zahorra artificial) and concrete paving. It also covers rebuilding and lining roadside ditches, and cross-drainage works, including dips (badenes) and culverts under access points (pasacunetas). Slopes will be cleared and stabilised.

The project also includes a muro de escollera, a retaining wall built from large rocks, on the Camino de Los Polvitos. A separate section of wall protecting the Camino del Castor will be rehabilitated.

Aims and next steps

The council says the aim is to improve the condition of the municipality's rural road network, provide adequate traffic and safety conditions and extend the roads' working life. It says residents of these areas should have better and safer travel.

Interested firms must file offers through the Plataforma de Contratación del Sector Público, the national public procurement platform, by the 2 December 2026 deadline. The information comes from the Ayuntamiento de Estepona.

For people living in or travelling through Estepona's rural hinterland, the tender is the first formal step; the town hall's announcement is the place to check for updates.