Zurgena’s El Palacés road gets a new surface: Almería Provincial Council invests €150,000 in two kilometres
Almería Provincial Council is improving two kilometres of the AL-7106, which links the A-7 with Zurgena via El Palacés: €150,000 for a new surface, a roadside ditch and road markings.
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The El Palacés road in Zurgena is getting a new surface. Almería Provincial Council is carrying out improvements to two kilometres of the AL-7106, the provincial road that links the A-7 with Zurgena via this hamlet, with an investment of €150,000 paid for in full by the provincial authority.
The provincial councillor for public works, Antonio J. Rodríguez, and the mayor of Zurgena, Domingo Trabalón, have visited the works, according to information from the Provincial Council published by La Comarca Noticias. The project is part of the Plan Red Viaria Provincial 2025-2026 (Provincial Road Network Plan), which the Provincial Council presented in May 2025 with 31 projects and €8.1 million of its own funds, and in which this €150,000 for the AL-7106 in 2026 was already included.
What is being done?
According to the Provincial Council, the road has a winding layout adapted to the terrain and a narrow carriageway, and its surface layer was badly deteriorated, which made driving difficult and reduced road safety. To bring it up to date, the project includes:
- A new surface on a stretch 2,000 metres long and 8 metres wide.
- A concrete roadside ditch 70 metres long and 1.5 metres wide at kilometre point 7, to drain water away more effectively.
- The complete renewal of the road markings along the whole stretch.
The mayor highlighted that the two kilometres “are fully asphalted with a width of eight metres” and that the project “represents further support from the Provincial Council for our town”. The councillor for public works, for his part, described it as “an important project for the municipality” within a provincial network of some 1,200 kilometres.
Why does it matter here?
In Zurgena, good access to the outlying hamlets is no minor matter. When the Almanzora runs with water, the town council has to close the crossings through the riverbed, as happened in February with those at Palacés, Los Menchones and La Cañada Herrero. And the DANA storm of October 2024 also left its mark on the area: in June, the Provincial Council began repairs, worth more than €160,000, to the La Alfoquía collector drain and the track to Palacés and the Cañada del Herrero.
In the Valley, the same plan includes other provincial roads, such as the AL-7100, from Albox to Chirivel via El Saliente; the AL-7101, from Albox to the A-327 in Huércal-Overa via Taberno; or the AL-8101, between Oria and San Roque de Albox.
