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Cartagena's street signs are getting a fresh new look
The Ayuntamiento is planning a gradual makeover in blue and white, with a special design for the historic centre
Cartagena's street name plaques are about to get a makeover. The Ayuntamiento is preparing a gradual renewal of the signs that name the city's streets, squares and public spaces, with a single, unified design replacing the current mix.The look itself is quite distinctive. Each plaque will have an ultramarine blue background, using the RAL 5002 shade, with white lettering and a white border. The municipal coat of arms will sit in the top left corner of every sign, and the street type, whether calle, avenida or plaza, will appear in smaller print than the name itself. The lettering will be a bold, clean font, sized to suit the length of each name so it stays easy to read.
The historic centre gets its own version. Streets covered by the protection plan for the old town, including Calle Real, Carlos III, Capitanes Ripoll, Avenida Trovero Marín, Cuesta del Batel and Paseo Alfonso XII, will have rectangular plaques with a gently curved, convex shape and rounded edges. Everywhere else in the municipality, the signs will be rectangular with rounded edges. The tender documents include sample designs using Calle Honda, Calle del Descubridor Juan Fernández and Calle Alcalde Zamora.
There's plenty of detail on where they'll go, too. Signs will normally be fixed to building facades at a height of between three and four metres, with 3.5 metres recommended, and kept clear of doors and windows. Where a building can't take a plaque, for technical or heritage reasons, a three metre galvanised post can be used instead. The Ayuntamiento also wants them clearly visible, so no hiding behind cables, junction boxes or street furniture.
Streets will be marked at each end and at junctions, and any street longer than 150 metres will get a sign every 100 metres, alternating sides. In squares, signs will go on the most prominent building and at the main entrances.
The cost is modest. The Ayuntamiento has set aside up to €35,000, including VAT, for the first year of the contract, which can be extended for a second. It's not a fixed order, either. Signs will be requested as the Statistics and Population department identifies a need, whether for unmarked streets, worn out plaques or newly added roads. The winning company will only be paid for signs actually ordered and installed, and must fit each order within 15 calendar days.
House numbers aren't part of the contract, which covers street name signs only.
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