N-II bypass in Figueres awarded for 84.3 million

The General Directorate of Roads has awarded the works to increase the capacity of the N-II road on the Figueres Bypass – Pont de Molins section, in the province of Girona, for 84,333,534.72 euros. The contract, processed under file B54251737200, is formalized in favor of Dragados-CHM-Rubau Tarres, and the announcement was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) no. 241, dated September 30, 2026, section V-A, with reference BOE-B-2026-31631. The award was resolved on June 15, 2026, and the announcement was sent to the Official Journal of the European Union on September 25, 2026.

The contracting authority is the General Directorate of Roads, under the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, located at Paseo de la Castellana 67 in Madrid. The action is identified by project key 12-GI-3720 and tender file 54.942/25, and its CPV code is 45233000, corresponding to construction, foundation, and paving works for motorways and roads. The main place of execution of the works is NUTS code ES512.

Thirteen offers and a price range of nearly thirteen million

The procedure was open and 13 offers were submitted, all from small and medium-sized enterprises. The award criteria weighted the price at 60% and the technical offer at 40%.

Selected offer: 84,333,534.72 euros.
Highest cost offer: 95,702,937.00 euros.
Lowest cost offer: 82,964,642.56 euros.
Awardee: Dragados-CHM-Rubau Tarres, with NIF U93772200 and address at calle Sancho de Ávila 52-58 in Barcelona.

The difference between the most expensive and the cheapest offer received amounts to 12,738,294.44 euros, while the contract was closed 1,368,892.16 euros above the most economical proposal.

A project approved in 2025 and environmentally endorsed since 2017

The tender was published in the Official State Gazette on January 5, 2026, with reference BOE-B-2026-191, after the announcement was sent to the OJEU on December 22, 2025. In that announcement, an estimated contract value of 98,755,791.38 euros and a duration of 53 months were set, with a deadline for receiving offers until 7:00 PM on February 9, 2026.

The construction project was approved by resolution of the Director General of Roads on May 12, 2025, published in the Official State Gazette no. 136, dated June 6, 2025 (BOE-B-2025-20979). The action has an environmental impact statement formulated by resolution on June 23, 2017 (BOE-A-2017-8147) and a subsequent environmental impact report, dated June 24, 2022 (BOE-A-2022-11064), which adapted the layout following the end of the AP-7 concession and the subsequent toll-free use of that motorway.

Section IV of the N-II duplication

The awarded work corresponds to section IV of the project to increase the capacity of the N-II between Orriols and La Jonquera, which as a whole was divided into six sections. Section IV is defined as the duplication with a bypass between Figueres and Pont de Molins, with a length of 9.900 kilometers, and includes the twinning of the N-II viaduct over the Manol river. The affected road is a conventional two-lane road, one in each direction, with a 1.50-meter shoulder, which runs very close to the AP-7 and passes through the urban centers of Báscara and Pont de Molins.

The formalization announcement was signed in Madrid on September 25, 2026, by the Director General of Roads, Juan Pedro Fernández Palomino. An appeal against the procedure may be filed before the Central Administrative Tribunal for Contractual Appeals, in accordance with Article 50 of Law 9/2017, of November 8, on Public Sector Contracts.

The award unlocks one of the most relevant road actions in Alt Empordà, called upon to improve the capacity and safety of a road with high heavy traffic intensity and to remove through traffic from urban centers. With 13 bidders and a contract of more than 84 million euros, the file confirms the weight of state investment in roads in the province of Girona and sets an execution schedule of slightly more than four years.

Source: Official State Gazette, no. 241, of September 30, 2026, section V-A, page 51307 (official reference: BOE-B-2026-31631).