The Torrevieja Council has already put on the table the project that will revive the Mínguez dock, the oldest commercial dock in the city’s port. On Friday the Local Government Board approved the drafted project and the construction management.
The work has been carried out by Ipydo-Laquant, the two studios that have been awarded the contract for the urbanisation of the port and adjacent areas, which includes this project for the recovery of the dock also known as the Turbio dock. According to the document submitted to the Council, the base tender budget for the works amounts to 1,618,767 euros (VAT included), with the execution period of the works being three months.
The aim of these works is to recover the eastern part of the Mínguez dock, which is currently underground and occupied by the port area. To do this, a variation of the current edge of the port has been designed, modifying its edge so that a sheet of water will be created that enters the port esplanade. In this way, most of the silhouette of the dock will be visible, of which, according to the archaeological study, only the very edge has been lost, next to the historic bar La Marina.
The piles supporting the access ramp to the leisure centre that is being built will be located on this sheet of land, which will be opened to the passage of water to return the dock to its original appearance. A cantilevered walkway whose layout does not affect the remains of the dock will integrate into the project for the new leisure area.
Neither does the complex conflict with the layout of the new stormwater collector that Agamed is currently building and which will put an end to the flooding in Rambla Juan Mateo. In fact, the pipes end in the same fishing dock, in an area located between the Mínguez dock and the new leisure centre.
The mayor, Eduardo Dolón, stated in November last year that the intention of the City Council was always to enhance the value of this historic element of the city and to make it available for visits to make it known. The Mínguez dock is a unique work, non-existent in other locations in Spain. According to the advisory committee that investigates the historic complex of the Eras de la Sal, this dock could be considered the oldest commercial dock preserved in Spain, even older than the one in Portugalete or the one in Gamazo, in Santander.
