The Artxanda Tunnels are a varied road system with three routes forming a triangle. Two of them, La Salve-Txorierri and Ugasko-Txorierri (toll fee) join the centre of Bilbao to Dual carriageway BI-637 (Txorierri corridor) speeding up access to the airport of Bilbao and the municipal districts on the right hand bank of the Nervión River. The third, Ugasko-La Salve, is a by-pass to the city of Bilbao between the quarters of Begoñ
The work consisted of diverting San Martín brook to guard against flooding in Bermeo town centre.
The diversion re-routed part of the flow in the brook before it enters the town centre on its way to the sea.