Keeping it green

ALICANTE City Council has accepted the bid submitted by Geamur for the contract for the maintenance of the green areas in sports facilities for the next three years for a total of €551,423, at a rate of €183,807 per year.

Alicante has 14 sports facilities with artificial turf football pitches and 13 paddle tennis courts with artificial turf. These are the object of the maintenance contract in addition to the facilities with natural turf football pitches and green areas.

In the case of artificial turf, preventive maintenance and the necessary corrective work to replace material or repair damage or loss in a football or paddle court is essential.

In the case of natural turf, the bid also includes preventive and corrective maintenance, including the necessary agrochemical operations and the reseeding of grass up to 7,100 square metres per year.

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The replacement of sods up to 500 square metres per year that have deteriorated due to use or external incidents is needed as is the replacement of plant material, the replacement of shrubs and trees, and repairs to the irrigation network and garden materials.

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