The Council of Catral has initiated a public tender for a new street cleaning service, which will be outsourced for the first time. Previously, the municipality conducted this service with its own personnel. According to Mayor Joaquín Lucas from the People’s Party, the new contract guarantees street cleaning across the urban area every day of the year, addressing the needs of a community with nearly ten thousand residents.

The total investment for this service is set at four million four hundred eighty-seven thousand four hundred sixty-five euros, including VAT, with a contract duration of thirteen years. The new contractor will acquire various cleaning equipment, including blowers, vacuums, and a hydro cleaner, and will establish a supervising system using integrated GPS.

The cleaning plan includes three different levels of service intensity: cleaning of urban areas every day, industrial zones from Monday to Saturday, and rural areas at least once a week. With the changing landscape of Catral, which has seen an increase in unregulated housing construction, the tender recognises up to eighteen dispersed areas requiring cleaning services.

The Council aims to ensure effective coordination between this new service and the existing waste collection service while avoiding redundancy in tasks performed. The contractor will also be required to initiate an extraordinary cleaning plan upon commencement, ensuring a clean environment across municipal spaces. If the tender process runs smoothly, the new service could begin in June.