The port of Cartagena is advancing in the port-city integration in the environment of the Juan Sebastián Elcano cruise terminal, the main gateway for international tourism, through an action that has a budget of 7,255,674.59 euros, a planned execution period of 12 months and is expected to go out to tender before the end of the year.
The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Cartagena has reported on the Remodelation of the Maritime Façade Phase 4: Paseo de la Marina project, an action that is being developed in coordination with the Cartagena City Council within the strategy set by Puertos del Estado to promote the relationship between ports and cities.
The objective of the project is to transform the environment of the cruise terminal into an “attractive, accessible, and orderly public space,” as explained by the president of the port of Cartagena, Pedro Pablo Hernández, incorporating garden roofs to provide shade, a pedestrian path and the construction of a new building for commercial and service use of 1,235 square meters that will include five premises, an accessible toilet, technical rooms and a Port of Cartagena Interpretation Center.
The project includes the construction of a 700-square-meter passenger terminal with a capacity for 3,000 passengers per hour in disembarkation and 2,000 in embarkation. In addition, it includes the reorganization of the Juan Sebastián Elcano wharf, with new parking areas and the installation of the Onshore Power Supply (OPS) system for the electrical supply to ships.
The project also includes actions for landscape and urban integration that will allow the public use of the wharf when there are no cruises. The port of Cartagena “is today a benchmark in cruise tourism, and this terminal will allow us to make a qualitative leap in passenger service, also reinforcing the port-city integration and the citizen use of the wharf,” said Pedro Pablo Hernández.
This action follows the one presented last July, Phase II of the From Lighthouse to Lighthouse project, an action that will mean the comprehensive transformation of the Santa Lucía port front into a large public space open to the sea, with a planned investment of 7.5 million euros
