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The Minister of Public Works and Planning, José Ballesta, accompanied by the mayor of Caravaca de la Cruz, Domingo Aranda, today inaugurated the improvement works to increase road safety in the main channel of communication between the regions of Alto Guadalentín and Northwest, the RM-711, which connects the municipalities Caravaca and Lorca.
According to regional official said, "the regional government has invested more than one and half million euros in a performance that improves road safety for the thousands of people moving to Caravaca de la Cruz for the Holy Year, from the municipality Lorca and the community of Andalusia, among the measures taken by the Ministry for the progressive reduction of the regional road accidents. "
The mayor stressed during the presentation of the works the regional government's commitment to the Northwest Region and the improvement of road safety.
Aranda recalled other projects in communication and the highway linking Lorca and Caravaca, variant Barranda and connection to Calasparra.
In particular, the RM-711 has been strong the conditioning of the highway between mile markers 5.1 and 27.3, from the hamlet Cavila Sale Lorca de La Paca, and a total of 1,572 investment EUR .247.
To this end, we proceeded to repair those damaged areas of the firm and spread a layer of six inches of asphalt over the entire length of the performance object, which has allowed a "significant improvement of the running for the most 1.1 million drivers who normally circulate in this way each year, a figure which in 2010 will increase by the jubilee celebrations in Caravaca, "said the counselor.
Through these works, which benefit the population centers of Sale Cavila, Los Prados, La Pinilla, La Almudema, Don Gonzalo and La Paca, have also built raised walkways in urban areas, "which increases safety for neighbors and the corresponding marking of crosswalks and the superelevation of the road in these areas facilitates the passage of pedestrians and results that drivers slowed down and have more time to react to any unexpected " said the director.
"Commissioning"
The RM-711 is a road, along with the RM-730, whose route will be part of future highway linking Lorca and Caravaca, in one of the sections of its course, run parallel to it.
Specifically, west of the districts of Los Prados, La Pinilla and The Almudema, and once exceeded Quípar River, the new highway will connect again with the said road.
"This is a performance," concluded Jose Ballesta, which benefits residents of all populations to the road giving access RM-711, while making the development of a road that will service the drivers during construction arising from the construction of future highway Lorca-Caravaca, an infrastructure that will provide a qualitative improvement in the communications of the Western Region and practically halve the current journey time between the two municipalities. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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