ARCHIVED - Parks & Gardens extend Camposol maintenance areas in new municipal contract

More public areas in the Camposol urbanisation to be included in the latest Parks & Gardens service contract

Mazarrón Council has expanded the green areas in Camposol to be included in the next “Contratación del Servicio de limpieza, conservación y mantenimiento de zonas verdes públicas y arbolado urbano” (Contract for the Cleaning, Conservation and Maintenance Service of public green areas and urban trees). This is a 4-year contract that has been put out to tender for the whole of the municipality of Mazarrón with an estimated value of 4.7 million euros, and the possibility of a 1-year extension.

The areas in the Camposol development that are included in the new contract are:-

Central reservations and roundabouts in Avenida de los Covachos, Sectors B,C & D

Central reservation in Avenida del Saladillo, Sector A

Zona Verde in Calle Badajoz, Sector A, People's Park

Zona Verde in Calles Alicante and Huelva, Sector A, Memorial Park

Zona Verde in Calle Barcelona, Sector A, Central Park

Zona Verde in Calle Andalucía, Sector A, Zona Verde

Zona Verde in C/ Santiago y C/ La Coruña, Sector A,

Zona Verde and roundabouts in Calle Madrid, Sector A

Zona Verde and roundabouts in Calle Jara, Sector B

Garden environment Social Centre in Calle Jara, Sector B

Roundabouts in Calle Ciclamen, Sector B

Roundabout in Calle Castillo de San Juan, Sector C

Camposol – Roundabouts in Calle Alobe, Sector C

Roundabouts in Calle Sobrija, Sector D

Roundabout in Calle Nogales, Sector D

Traffic island in Calle Fresnos, Sector D

Roundabout in Calle Tejos, Sector D

Roundabout in Calle Violetas, Sector D

The maintenance schedule for all of the Camposol areas are classed as type C and E which are

TYPE “C”: XERO GARDENING OR SIMILAR

Low maintenance spaces, naturalised spaces, large esplanades in outskirts. Areas with trees and shrubs but without meadow grass or flowering plants. Spaces that may contain street furniture and some children's play areas and/or scattered biosalud. The minimum frequency of maintenance will be 3 times a year.

TYPE “E”: PALMS

Annual maintenance of existing palm trees in public areas of the Mazarron municipality.

This annual maintenance involves at least 4 treatments against the plague of red palm weevil, 3 pruning and 4 safety checks on palm trees that, due to their characteristics, it is advisible to carry out and those dictated by the DTM (Municipal Technical Directorate).

Council workers have previously attended to a limited amount of green areas and cut back overhanging vegetation earlier this year.

The contract is in the tendering process at the moment and will commence once that process is completed.

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