The first three phases of the action will involve an investment of more than 2.8 million euros
The Minister of the Presidency and Development, Pedro Rivera, attended today the commissioning of the first section of the comprehensive reform developed by the regional government on the RM-531 highway, which connects the municipality of Alguazas with Campos del Río, and announced that his department will give continuity to the remodeling with the tender of the second section, located in Campos del Río, before the summer.
The regional official stressed that "the comprehensive reform of the highway is already underway", with a route of 8.2 kilometers in length and that will be developed in four phases, of which the first one is already in service, with a 273,000 euros budget.
Rivera, accompanied by the Mayor of Alguazas, Blas Angel Ruipérez, and the Director General of Roads, José Antonio Fernández Lladó, visited the works of the first section involving the construction of a new roundabout and the remodeling of some 300 meters in the RM- 531
"We are fulfilling the commitment of President Fernando López Miras with the two municipalities and we will continue taking steps for comprehensive and complete reform of the road," said the counselor, who advanced that the Community "will tender the works of the second section, with a length of 2.6 kilometers in Campos del Río and a regional investment that will exceed 1.6 million euros ".
The works of the first section consisted of the reordering of the traffic in the municipality of Alguazas, between the access to the industrial estate El Cortijo, the Secondary Education Center Vega Media, the municipal soccer field and the funeral home.
"This new intersection reorders the area and significantly increases the safety and comfort of the 456,000 vehicles that circulate annually through this intersection, in which six vials end," said the counselor.
The roundabout has a 6-meter lane, with an outside diameter of 38 meters and an interior diameter of 23 meters, with a sidewalk one meter wide.
In addition, it has 22 street lamps with LED lighting at the roundabout and islets to provide better visualization at the intersection and encourage energy savings.
The action includes the island between the RM-531 road and the street of the Hortensia (El Cortijo Industrial Park) with cobbles and landscaping, as well as the installation of a traffic light for pedestrians equipped with a push button, which will improve road safety for pedestrians They access CES Vega Media, which is located a few meters from the new roundabout.
Third and fourth section
Rivera explained that the third section of the road will be carried out on a surface of 1.7 kilometers of the regional road, in the municipality of Alguazas, with a Community budget of 900,000 euros.
"This work will be developed as soon as the municipality makes available the necessary land," he said.
The first three phases of the remodeling of the road will have an investment of 2.8 million euros, which will have to add the amount of the fourth and final section, which will have a length of 3.9 kilometers.
In this regard, Rivera said that "we are writing the draft of this section that crosses the future Northwest Arc, whose design is being defined by the Ministry of Development."
These conditioning works include the improvement of the layout of the road with the increase of the width of the platform from 5 to 8 meters, the suppression of curves in some cases and the increase of its radius in others.
In addition, the base of the current road will also be improved, drainage and ditches will be improved, factory works will be carried out and the renewal of horizontal and vertical signs will be carried out.
Source: CARM