Port accessSince 1992, the year in which the Outer Abra Extension works started, the Port Authority of Bilbao has invested 1,000 million euros to reclaim more than 2 million square metres of land surfaces and 4.6 kilometres of piers from the sea.
Investment in 2023
Total investment made by the Port Authority during 2023 amounted to EUR 18.7 million. Foremost among this investment have been the works to expand Dock AZ1 (EUR 4.3 million), the filling at the central breakwater (EUR 3.15 million), the reinforcement of the bridge structure on the N644 at the Iberdrola intake site (EUR 2.2 million), port-town relations (EUR 1.9 million) and the vacuum sewerage system in the Outer Abra (EUR 1.78 million, of the EUR 20 million investment scheduled up to 2025).
The investment forecast for 2024 is EUR 77.8 million, a high figure due, amongst other things, to the start of the second phase of the works on the central breakwater which will provide 30 new hectares of space in a port with a high degree of occupation and great demand for land. The full development and use of the Outer Abra will thus enter its final phase.
