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This new road safety guarantees from the hamlet caravaqueña neighbors, and improves the connection to Andalusia Region

The president of the Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, today visited Barranda variant in Caravaca, coinciding with the opening to traffic of this strategic infrastructure whose works, which are nearing completion, involves an investment of 9.6 million euros from the regional government, and an improvement of road safety and transport of goods in the northwest region.

The visit, which was also attended by the Minister of Public Works and Planning, José Ballesta, and the mayor of Caravaca de la Cruz, Domingo Aranda, follows the commissioning of more than six miles of new road, an inter-regional communication hub with a daily traffic over 4,300 vehicles, of which 15 percent are extremely large.

The work, which are running the latest details, improves the comfort and safety of traffic on the route along the old road, thanks to its characteristics and its links with Barranda and Nerpio, the latter through RM-702 road.

With all this variant will help boost business activity developed in the town of Caravaca, and the axis of goods resulting from the Region of Murcia between Valencia and Andalusia, responding to the needs of the citizens of the Region reducing traffic accidents in the area and relieving traffic on surrounding roads.

Specifically, it is a two-lane road, with their corresponding shoulders, and a total width of 10 meters, with the intended design, will significantly increase the speed over the existing road and reduce by half way time.

In addition, 17 works have been carried out drainage ditch over the bleeder and small runoff channels that run around the area traversed by the variant, which has maximum respect for the ecosystem of the area.

Is expected to soon be running a third attack, in this case to the district of Benablon, which has already begun processing and facilitate the movement of people in this population, and improve road safety and convenience for citizens and increase the competitiveness of exports in the area.

Source: CARM