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Sorigué upgrades paving on Barcelona's seafront promenade

August 23, 2024

The group’s asphalt team has paved Barcelona’s Port Vell to upgrade the area close to the city’s beach and ensure comfort for local residents and visitors alike.

Barcelona has chosen Sorigué to upgrade the paving of the Barceloneta Promenade and several areas of Barcelona’s Port Vell to ensure the comfort of everyone who comes to the waterfront area.

The asphalting work, carried out by the Sorigué Asphalts team for BIMSA, Barcelona d’Infraestructures Municipals, a company attached to Barcelona City Council's Department of Ecology, Urban Planning and Mobility, seeks to ensure the paving of these areas is in first-class condition.

In addition to the Barceloneta promenade, Marqués d’Argentera Avenue, the Colom Boulevard bus lane, Les Drassanes Square, Palau Square and Els Pescadors Square have also been asphalted.

The roadways and pavements had numerous defects because they were old and heavily used. Besides ageing, the surface was uneven and had cracks due to fatigue and loss of structure while there were also problems in pavement components such as tree pits, covers and gratings.

The work has been carried out as part of the improvements being made by Barcelona City Council to get the city’s port facilities ready to host the 37th America’s Cup which is to be held in the Catalan capital from 22 August to 27 October 2024.

Innovation in sustainability

In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, Sorigué has carried out the asphalt paving using bituminous mixtures formulated with environmentally sustainable manufacturing systems.

The asphalt mixes selected, which are designed to withstand present-day traffic, are semi-heated and have been manufactured at a temperature of 40ºC, lower than the standard, thereby significantly reducing CO2 emissions. Furthermore, 0.5% recycled plastic from bags has been added which brings benefits in terms of both waste recovery and reducing the use of natural resources.

Leaders in asphalt

Sorigué has seven decades of experience in manufacturing and spreading all types of bituminous mixtures. Its knowhow has made it a trailblazer in developing and applying environmentally sustainable techniques, investing in innovation in creative solutions such as polished, printed and coloured asphalts.

It has eight production plants, a mobile plant and a cold recycler plus a fleet of equipment fitted with the latest frontier technology.

It has recently acquired 50% of Bitum Asfaltos e Infraestructuras, a company specialising in hot bituminous mix production and paving. This investment has enabled the group to expand its Asphalts line in Andalusia so as to enhance the services of its Infrastructures and Materials division in the region.

Its latest projects include asphalting the MotorLand Aragón speed circuit, maintaining and upgrading road pavements in the north of Girona province, road surface reinforcement work on the A92G motorway in Granada using sustainable asphalt and asphalting the access roads to Montjuïc in Barcelona.