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The Minister of Public Works and Planning, José Ballesta, accompanied by the mayor of Caravaca de la Cruz, Domingo Aranda, and the Director General of Highways, Jose Guijarro, today visited the construction of variant Barranda, which reported that "progress at great pace, which will open, over the next quarter, a new corridor that provides an alternative to six kilometers in length to the current crossing and helping to improve road safety than 1.8 million drivers a year. "
For his part, Domingo Aranda, said that this is a project that serves the dual purpose of giving security and traffic flow in a hot spot, saving the mall, and at the same time making a communication route linking regions .
Specifically, work is extended in the last layers of the embankment of the road, and later proceed to the start of the tarmac, and have completed the bridge abutments and Archivel Barranda link.
Moreover, since been replenished irrigation pipes, water supply and sanitation, and, pending the diversion of low-voltage power lines to complete the replacement of the services affected by the work.
The new variant, in which several companies are working and self Aljema caravaqueñas as the transport sector, will save time each way for up to 50 percent from the current schedule and be part of future highway North (Caravaca de la Cruz, Jumilla), since both the structures and links are no longer prepared for their future unfolding.
This is a performance in which the regional government through the Ministry of Public Works and Planning, "will drive the transverse axis of communication between Andalusia, Murcia and the Mediterranean Basin, the northern area of the region, "said Jose Ballesta.
The new corridor, part of the RM-730 highway that connects Caravaca de la Cruz in the province of Granada, "meet a longstanding demand of the inhabitants of the Northwest will see increased road safety to avoid passing through the mall and buildings near the road that hampered the flow of traffic, "said the counselor.
Thus, the construction of the variant and its integration in the future via high capacity of the Community will provide drivers with a direct connection linking Andalucía, Murcia and Levante through the existing road and RM-714 connection with the N-344, boosting economic growth and tourism in the region.
The work, which involves an investment of 9.6 million, concluded José Ballesta, "will benefit directly to the northwest of the region, improving communications and enhancing socio-economic development as it will enhance the competitiveness of the passage of goods and promote increased exports of the area. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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