The Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport, through the Directorate General for Transport and Highways, will work hard on strengthening the N-332 (from Almeria to Valencia and Cartagena and Cabo de Gata), in the stretch joins Mazarrón and Aguilas.
This project is currently under recruitment, with a budget amounting to 388,343 euros and a deadline of three months from the date of tender.
N-332 road runs along the coast of Murcia and the stretch between Mazarrón and Ramonete (Eagles) has an Average Daily Traffic (ADT) of 4,385 vehicles per day, and 512 vehicles in heavy traffic.
In particular, the section under this action, located between mile markers four seven, ranging from the roundabout for liaison with the RM-3 (Totana, Mazarron) to the start of the variant to be built to run the AP- 7 (Autopista del Mediterráneo).
The works will be carried out consist in strengthening the road surface by the spreading of two layers of asphalt to improve its conditions and promote a comfortable and safe movement.
Furthermore, in order to improve road safety in the area and the convenience of users, is expected to pave the shoulders with a width of 1.20 meters on each side.
In total, 4,850 tons of asphalt spread and 1,300 meters concreted ditch to facilitate drainage of the road and protect the firm.
On the other hand, we also placed 536 meters of safety barriers to protect potential vehicles off the road and falls for drainage and embankments and renew road markings and vertical road.
Road Safety Plan
According to the director general of Transport and Highways, Carmen Sandoval, "this work is part of Road Safety Plan of roads in the region, which is updated every two years and allows us to implement concrete actions like this, after first conducting a detailed study of regional roads, detecting the status of each and prioritize our interventions on those points that have a higher accident rate. "
Therefore, according to Carmen Sandoval, "this and other actions to improve the Regional Road Network are that the data obtained through the Road Safety Plan referring a significant decline in the last year, both of the accidents, and the number of dead. "
For this, during this year, the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transportation has a budget of over EUR 28 million for conservation and road safety of the regional road network, among which include performances on maintenance, rehabilitation, replacement and improvement of structural and functional conditions of the roads.
Source: CARM