OHLA has completed the 4.6 km section of the FV-1 motorway between Guisguey and La Caldereta, in Fuerteventura (Spain), a road infrastructure that will contribute to improving mobility on the island and that will benefit, in the summer months, more than 21,000 users a day.

The initiative is part of the Carretera Puerto del Rosario-La Caldereta project. Variants FV-1, FV-2 and FV-3 in which OHLA participates in a joint venture with Cororasa and Satocan for an amount of more than 92 million euros. The action, granted by the Ministry of Public Works of the Government of the Canary Islands, involves the continuation of the highway from the municipality of Corralejo to link it with the island’s capital, Puerto del Rosario, and the airport, in Fuerteventura.

This is the fourth section of the six that includes the north-south corridor of Fuerteventura and contemplates the construction of a 17.4-kilometer highway, with separate two-lane roads per direction that will allow driving at 120 kilometers per hour, five links (those of Antigua, La Oliva, La Hondura, Guisguey and Caldereta) and three roundabouts (airport, access to the hospital and La Hondura).

The company adds, after the execution of this section, about 45 km of motorway executed in Fuerteventura after participating in the north-south road axis: Costa Calma-Pecenescal, 14.3 kilometers long, Pecenescal – Bayuelo, with 7 km, and Caldereta-Corralejo, which reaches a total of 18.4 km.

Pioneer in the use of drones in civil works

OHLA is a pioneer in the use of drones applied to the field of surveying in civil works. Specifically, in the initial survey to obtain the base mapping that was carried out by flying these devices.

The company was the first Spanish construction company legally authorized by the Spanish Aviation Safety Agency to carry out scientific and photogrammetry work with unmanned aerial vehicles. The first time these devices were used was in the La Aldea-El Risco project, developed in Gran Canaria in 2009.