| BUILDING WORK AND INVESTMENT |
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The Port of Málaga is currently involved in a major restructuring of its facilities, as part of two major plans:
- The Expansion Plan which will double the Port area, providing greater operational capacity and, therefore, making possible the mooring of large vessels and the capture and consolidation of new types of traffic (container and vehicle).
- The Special City-Port Plan, with the granting of a number of areas by Málaga Port Authority to the city, thereby enabling it to develop new urban areas for recreational sporting, cultural and commercial use.
Below is outlined some of the building work currently in progress:
Special City-Port Plan
Quay 1 Muelle Uno Sea Shopping
The Muelle Uno Sea Shopping Project, which is being constructed and will be exploited by the company Unión de Iniciativas de Marina de la Farola, is to become a “leisure area and shopping centre by the sea”.
The design is carried out by the prestigious L35 firm of architects, being Pereda 4 Estudio in charge of its engineering, both of them following the instructions of “3.14, Gestión + Arquitectura”, company responsible for the works’ Project Management.
Muelle Uno Sea Shopping has 14,000 sqm for high-level recreational and commercial use, in which restaurants are mixed with small-scale businesses and leisure. The picture is completed by a 4,000 sqm building for cultural use.
The building works of this forthcoming commercial and leisure area include the construction of two car parkings, with over 1,000 parking spaces.
The total foreseen investment amounts to some 36,700,000 euros.
The completion date of the building works is planned for Summer 2010.
Quay 2 – The Palm Grove of Surprises
The remodelling works on Quay 2 include, among others, a promenade area and three buildings: two of them for educational and cultural use, and a Passenger Terminal for small and medium size cruise ships, with a gangway to facilitate embarkation and disembarkation. Moreover, the works, which are carried out by Heliopol, include the construction of the two bars projected in the area and a big pergola that will go alongside quay 2.
The planned investment amounts to 18,030,363 €, coming entirely from the Andalusian Regional Government’s Committee of Public Works and Transport, via EPSA (Andalusian Public Land Company).
The opening will take place in 2010.
Enlargement plan
The plan for the enlargement of the Port of Malaga begins to be studied by the end of the 20th century. It comes from the idea of creating a container and multipurpose terminal, and from the necessity of building a dock to protect this new terminal. The protecting dock was going to be dedicated to cruise traffic.
Eastern Dock:
It is a 1,800m long new dock heading South. The project, beginning in 1997, was officially inaugurated on July 24th 2001. It was co-financed by the Port Authority of Malaga and the EU through FEDER Funds.
Container and multipurpose Terminal – Quay n. 9:
It is a 400,000 sqm platform gained to the sea. It started operations in April 2004, being the operator the Spanish company Terminales del Sudeste. It offers a 723m long quay with 17m depth, plus a 170m long ro-ro berth.
The Project has been co-financed by the Port Authority of Malaga and Dragados SPL (private company owning Terminales del Sudeste), and FEDER Funds.
Eastern Passenger Terminal:
A great Passenger Terminal is projected in the Eastern Area, to be developed in two phases. The complete project consists of a 13,700sqm building and two cruise berths.
The first phase of the terminal was inaugurated, together with the Southern berth, on December 23rd 2007, beginning operations in February 2008. It has been financed by the Port Authority of Malaga and FEDER Funds. The terminal is operated by the company Cruceros Málaga, S.A.
The Northern berth was inaugurated in October 2009, and its construction was financed following the same model as the terminal and the Southern berth.
The works for the second phase of the building began in December 2009, and the whole project is foreseen to be ready in 2011. Financing comes from Cruceros Málaga, S.A.
New road access to the Eastern Area:
Road access to the Passenger Terminal, the Eastern Dock and the new marina is being enlarged, making the connection to the entrance of the Port easier and more secure. .