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We restore an old quarry in the Palencia AVE railway project

We built the Palencia Norte – Amusco section of the Palencia – Aguilar de Campoo railway line for ADIF and developed the environmental restoration of the old San Antolín Mine

We are building the 20.85km railway platform for Adif Alta Velocidad on the Palencia Norte-Amusco section of the Palencia-Aguilar de Campoo (Palencia) high-speed line.  

In the early stages of the project, the team in charge of the site detected the San Antolín Mine, an old mining operation near the town of Monzón de Campos, less than 500 meters away from the railway platform. 585,000 tons of earthwork spoils could be transferred to this quarry.

From there, our team's work began to coordinate the restoration with Adif AV, the Mines local authority, the Environment area of the Castilla y León government, and the landowner.

585,000

tons

of clean earth spoils

1,000

tons of GHG emissions

avoided

3

hectares

of agricultural land recovered

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San Antolin quarry restoration, in detail

Triple positive impact

With this environmental restoration project, we have achieved a triple positive impact: 

  1. We recovered approximately three hectares of agricultural land 
  2. We prevented the emission of more than 1,000 tons of greenhouse gases 
  3. We provide a social benefit to the residents of Fuentes de Valdepero, Villaumbrales and Monzón de Campos and the rest of the municipalities in the area who will not be exposed to the inconveniences of spoils transfers.
     
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