New car park for Estepona

ESTEPONA Council has started bidding on plans to build a new underground car park in the town centre.

The new facilities will be located between the new town hall and the seafront promenade, with an estimated capacity for 250 vehicles over two storeys and with a total budget of €275,000.

Once approved, the project is set to take six months to complete and users will only have to pay €1 a day to park, according to council sources.

In addition, plans are currently being drawn up for a sixth municipal car park next to the Iglesia del Carmen, which will offer 380 parking spaces over three storeys.

Estepona Council launched a project 10 years ago to improve parking facilities in the town, as until 2011 there were only three public car parks ­ located on the seafront, in La Viña and in El Calvario.

Since then, facilities have been built next to La Cala river, San Lorenzo avenue, next to the town hall, Plaza Antonia Guerrero, by the athletics track, and in Plaza del Ajedrez.

This municipal network offers more than 1,350 parking spaces throughout the city, and the plan is to eventually reserve 50 per cent of municipal parking spaces for residents and keep the rest for visitors to the town.