The Port Authority resumes work on the access tunnel to the New Container Terminal

The Bay of Cadiz Port Authority will begin in the coming weeks the execution of the drying piles and the emptying of the access tunnel to the New Container Terminal, after selecting the
Constructora San Jose in the bidding process, whose bid amounts to 1.96 million, excluding VAT. This operation is essential in order to conclude the execution of the access. As it is known, a few months ago there was a waterway in an area of the tunnel that keeps the executed work flooded. After carrying out soundings and studies in the area determined the need to run some pile screens
dryers, consisting of concrete piles whose structural section intersect. with each other, geometrically drying circles. In this way it is possible to create an external water barrier. It will also be necessary to carry out injections and a structural reinforcement of the existing screens in that area. zone. After that, the tunnel will be emptied and control pumps will be maintained.
of the water table. The interventions have a maximum execution time of 7 months. Once these works have been completed, the state of the tunnel will be analysed and the second phase of the project for access to the New Terminal of the Containers, the drafting of which has already been awarded. As will be remembered, the contract for the work was terminated with the builder
for different problems in its execution, so it was necessary to have a consider drawing up a new project for the completion of the access tunnel. Land accessibility to the new terminal, however, is guaranteed: until the tunnel is operational the passage of trucks and vehicles will be made in through the Navantia facilities, thanks to an agreement between Navantia and the factory and the Port Authority.