AVNAU Award for the TSP of Cycle Routes and Green Itineraries of Alava developed by KREAN

On Friday 1st March, the 16th CITY, URBANISM AND ECOLOGY AWARD was handed to the TERRITORIAL SECTORS PLAN FOR CYCLING ROUTES AND GREEN ITINERARIES (TSP CRGI) of ALAVA drafted by the KREAN town planning team for the Department of Environment and Town Planning of the Provincial Council of Alava.

The event was held at the headquarters of the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos Vasco-Navarro (COAVN) in Alava and the prize was awarded by the AGRUPACIÓN VASCO-NAVARRA DE ARQUITECTOS URBANISTAS (AVNAU). The award went in particular to MARTA DÍAZ DE CERIO (KREAN town planning architect), MACARENA RUIZ (head of the DFA Town and Country Planning Service) and BLANCA LÓPEZ DE ARMENTIA (architect of the DFA Town and Country Planning Service).

AVNAU has valued that "This award recognises the exceptional work and dedication of the team in the way they have embodied the principles of sustainable urbanism in the plan in a comprehensive way, standing out as a significant and deserved contribution to contemporary urban and territorial planning".

The award ceremony was attended by the Provincial Councillor of Alava, Ramiro González, who thanked the award and highlighted "the effort and dedication of the staff of the Provincial Council and the technical assistance of KREAN S.COOP, highlighting the value of interdepartmental coordination".

Also present at the ceremony were Anartz Gorrotxategi, Deputy for Territorial Balance and Territorial Planning of the DFA, José María González-Pinto, Dean of the COAVN, María Urmeneta, President of the AVNAU and Pablo Ortiz de Zárate, President of the COAVN Delegation in Álava.

The TSP CRGI, a territorial planning instrument that plans the development of the network of cycle routes and green itineraries in Alava, articulates several objectives: to connect the rural environment with urban areas, in the interests of territorial balance, to promote sustainable mobility and eco-recreational activities in contact with nature: daily and recreational mobility, configuring a continuous territorial network by creating new routes and/or restoring singular paths of cultural and cultural richness, enhancing the value of Alava's Natural, Historical and Cultural Heritage and connecting the Historical Territory of Alava with other neighbouring territories, giving continuity to interprovincial and international itineraries.

To this end, the development of 11 cycle routes is planned to resolve daily and obligatory mobility and 50 green routes which, in addition to providing a response to daily mobility, are linked to mobility for leisure, tourism and access to the natural environment.