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€ 6.3 million to update Malmasín tunnels (Bizkaia).

News taken from: http:// www.elcorreo.com/ (Eva Molano).

The works will last 15 months and aims to modernize systems for fire detection and lighting galleries

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- The tunnels have a length of 1,340 meters and daily support the passage of more than 71,000 vehicles.

- The pit bid now run four years after the end of his first reform, which cost another 9.7 million.

Malmasin tunnels, the main access to the capital of Guipuzcoa and Vizcaya from inside the province, will undergo a comprehensive reform that will last for 15 months by the difficulty of not severe traffic disruption support during the day. The County Council is embarking on a costly process and improve the safety of the galleries of Biscay, after announcing last month the need to eliminate technical faults detected in the tunnels of Artxanda, worth another 4.3 million.

Repair of galleries Malmasin cost 2 million more, but the statutory argument to address the improvement of both infrastructure is similar: to adapt to the demanding statutory legislation passed in 2008, which regulates the technical conditions to be met such facilities. As explained by the deputy of Social Action and the Regional Administration spokesman Juan María Aburto, poor Malmasín were also revealed in the recent analysis by the Inspection Agency Tunnels Bizkaia (OITB), which for three years overseeing the safety of the roads that run underground.

patches, one constant

The difference is that while just Artxanda galleries are 10 years of life, of Malmasin opened in 1975. Then, the works cost 2,400 million pesetas, but over time, the complex engineering work began to show its weaknesses. The tunnels have always been a sensitive point of the road network, as its 1,340 meters daily traffic support more than 71,000 vehicles, which are much heavy transport, contributing to the aging of the original concrete was of the galleries.

patches have been constant throughout its history. In fact, the pit now bid for a maximum of 6.3 million will run four and half years after the end of its first comprehensive reform, which cost 9.7 million to provincial coffers and required another 2 years and 3 months' night, although one hundred days were lost due to maintenance and special operations, traffic and sports events.

modernization began in 2004 and In parallel, the council took the opportunity to increase link capacity of Basauri at a point where, often resulting in delays. Among other jobs, improved the firm and coated the walls with steel plates for greater visibility. In addition, doors were placed between the two tunnels, speed controls input and 384 markers for marking distances.

The work that will begin this year, however, seek to modernize the existing services at their disposal galleries and complete the improvements made in advance. For example, modify the lighting system and install a new emergency lighting. Also replaced the wiring will improve security and fire detection system, increasing the capacity of pipes adapted species and systems of surveillance and control of the tunnel, signaling and paging. Finally, install new pressurization system, a line of fire-resistant wiring and a new ventilation system to replace the current, which reaches 30 units.