Tomorrow, Thursday, due to the works to open the Deusto canal and the construction of the new bridge to join the future island to Deusto, the 429 place green zone car park opposite the IMQ Zorrotzaurre hospital will close. Apart from the closure (which will take place at 20.00) the traffic light-controlled pedestrian crossing will be moved 60 metres from the crossroads at Ballets Olaeta and General Eraso opposite the skating rink to the fencing surrounding the Works at the Euskalduna roundabout.

The Zorrotzaurre Management Commission has, provisionally, awarded the Project design for the new bridge which will join Zorrotzaurre to San Ignacio to the Basque firm LKS Ingeniería S. Coop. The firm tendered an offer for 121,100 Euros (ex VAT) for the work specified in the call for tenders and which must be completed within 6 months. The drawing up of the project and the construction of the bridge will be financed by the Basque Government and managed by the Management Commission. The call for tenders included terms of 199,000 Euros (ex VAT) and attracted 22 tenders (6 through consortiums) involving…

In the meeting of the Zorrotzaurre Management Commission held this morning, Ibon Areso was named as the new chairman. Areso, until now a board member, occupies the position left vacant after the death, last March 20th, of the previous Mayor of Bilbao, Iñaki Azkuna. As a consequence of the naming of the new chairman, Eduardo María Maiz, the councillor responsible for Urbanism in the Bilbao City Council was appointed to the board of the Commission there by completing the municipal quota on the board.