ARCHIVED - 400,000 euros to prevent further rockfalls along Calle Gisbert in Cartagena
The project is being undertaken to protect pedestrians from rock falls
A contract has been awarded for work to stabilize the steep rock faces which line Calle Gisbert in the city of Cartagena in order to guarantee the safety of pedestrians and reduce the risk of further rockfalls such as those which have already occurred on various occasions.
Budgeted at just under 392,000 euros, the project will last for six months and was put out to tender after the frequency of falling rocks increased as a consequence of the torrential “gota fría” storm which hit the Costa Cálida in September 2019. The work will be completed by the installation of special netting such as that which is already in place at the Monte de las Casillas de El Portús, where the boulders which cascaded from the mountainside in 2014 resulted in eleven families being barred or evicted from their homes as a safety precaution.
Three of the four rock faces to be strengthened are in Calle Gisbert itself and the fourth is on the climb up to Parque Torres. The surface area of the rock face in which the Civil War Bomb Shelter Museum is located is over 3,000 square metres and there are also a further 2,000 m² to be covered in netting next to the old bullring.