Anyone who has passed by Alicante Station street recently will be able to see this at the entrance. State PalaceAt the County Council house, temporary fencing has been installed inside the unique building, making entry difficult. This process had to be done due to the problem caused by the roots of the monumental ficus trees located in the front part of the property. The solution to this situation will, it is estimated, require the Provincial Palace to be under construction by the arrival of the next Holy Week. In parallel, restoration work was carried out to repair cracks and leaks on the entrance portico, which includes the terrace of president Toni Pérez’s office.
For the restoration work of the fence, the Department of Architecture of the provincial institution is preparing a draft of the project, which will be reported to both the Alicante City Council and the municipality. Ministry of CultureThose who have autonomous powers in the inheritance will need to authorize. The work will include repairing and replacing collapsed fences in some places. For this purpose, it has been proposed to use micropibots to support a wall connected to the existing fence, which would have greater strength to stabilize the historic ashlar masonry.
Likewise, the parts will be disassembled, numbered, restored and reassembled in the same place. All of this will be done in accordance with the layout plan, with an action that will never affect the trees. A multidisciplinary team field of architectureA team, including agricultural engineers, is working on the project. Meetings were held with municipal technicians to explain the proposal and hear their views, with the aim of finding solutions that would allow the fences to be repaired without affecting the trees.
Repair work on the Provincial Palace portico is currently ongoing and is expected to be completed by the end of next October. The total amount for this action exceeds: 48,000 euros. Changes presented by this area of the property include structural deformations in beams, breaks in plaster and ceilings, and water and moisture leaks through cracks and crevices.