"2016 has been a year in which a new impetus has been given to the maintenance of signposting in Aguilas, especially to the horizontal. After three years without doing work in this field (horizontal signage), this 2016 has been committed to keep Well signposted the main access routes to Águilas contributing, in this way, to improve road safety ".
This is one of the main conclusions that are gathered in the Report of activities of the Cabinet of Traffic and Signaling, made public this morning by the Local Police of Eagles.
In this sense, the report specifies that during 2016 341 pedestrian crossings have been repainted;
22 parking stops reserved for people with mobility problems;
256 meters of motorcycle stops;
More than 20,000 meters of roadway axis and parking area;
And about 10,000 meters of yellow lines delimiting areas of loading and unloading, bus stops and areas forbidden parking, assuming all this, an investment close to 50,000 euros.
With regard to vertical signage, which has been allocated a total investment of 23,550 euros, during 2016 a total of 320 new signs have been placed and 115 have been removed, which "maintaining the criteria of recycling it Has given, as far as possible, another use. This is a measure that, in addition to economic savings, allows to generate employment in locality since the new labeling is always in charge of local companies, "the report highlights.
It also refers to the importance of immediacy in the maintenance of road signs in a town such as Águilas.
In this sense, the mayor of Public Safety, Vicente Ruiz, stressed that, "as indicated in this report, police officers have done a very good job in coordination with the maintenance brigade of public roads. Ruiz said - that the time of replacement of the signage has been minimal which has meant a further degree in the quality of the police service as well as in road safety.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas