The Mijas mountain range will have maintenance for the first time starting this month

The Mijas Town Council hopes that by the end of November, the first maintenance contract for the Sierra de Mijas will be underway. ... The Council put it out to tender last May, and the intention was for it to start on October 1, but various issues have prevented this service from getting started. It will involve forestry conservation work and fire prevention in the public mountain areas Sierra Blanca and Bermeja within the municipal term of Mijas, included in the Catalogue of Public Forests of Andalusia.

Several bidders appealed to the Contractual Resources Tribunal, and when the Town Council awarded the service to the best offer, that of Malagueña Forestal SL, the company did not deposit the bond and the contract was not formalized, according to municipal sources. The Town Council is continuing the process with the offer that came in second place, from Eulen, which made a decrease of 27.50 percent from the tender amount, which amounted to 1.2 million euros for a period of four years, the last two in the event that the planned extensions are exercised.

Clearing, thinning, reforestation...

The service is not provided during the months of June, July, August, and September, so each period covers from October 1 to May 31. The awarded company will carry out silvicultural treatments, clearing using brush cutting, thinning and selective thinning, pruning (including the removal of invasive species), forest reforestation and conservation, and the maintenance and improvement of forest-related infrastructure.

The scope of this unprecedented contract will be Sierra Blanca and Bermeja and will always follow technical criteria when carrying out the work, preserving the flora and fauna of the area.

Regarding the management of vegetative waste generated, the contract stipulates that these wastes be removed or eliminated through crushing, chipping, or transfer to an authorized point, which should be carried out as soon as possible.