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The Director of Roads, Jose Guijarro, accompanied by the mayor of Eagle, Juan Ramirez, laid the foundation stone of the works for the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of RM-333 (which joins Eagles with Vera) to the road D-18, from Eagles to The Cocón.

Guijarro said that "the high intensity of traffic available to that section of road, especially during summer, where over 10,000 vehicles a day, have caused the intersection to become a flight accident concentration, since despite have deceleration and acceleration lanes, the high density of left turns, coupled with high rates of passage in the trunk of the RM-333 causing a high accident rate "

In addition, it is an area with high population density, it settles in your environment many tourist resorts and residential, so that "action will improve the traffic conditions of a large floating population on the coast and lorquino aguileño that more than 65,000 people during the summer, "said the CEO.

The works, which have been awarded to a company in Murcia, have a budget of 700,000 euros and have a lead time of six months.

The aim is to reshape the intersection to turn into one complete roundabout with two lanes from four meters wide and shoulders inside and outside of a meter.

The project also includes construction of a variant of 540 meters to the hamlet of El Cocón as well as two shortcuts to reduce traffic congestion at the roundabout.

Other actions in the area

Jose Guijarro is also recalled that the recruitment process of the upgrading, improvement and widening of this road to the border with the province of Almeria, "a performance that will be developed in two phases, the first one, to be implemented this year, from the aforementioned roundabout to the beach Calarreona, and second, scheduled for 2010, from that point until the end. "

Another action in this county will take place on the road foremen, where they shall be pavement after repair works at the factory.

Guijarro said that "these actions, the Directorate General try to meet the needs of the municipality of Eagles and, ultimately, ensure that citizens can enjoy good roads, which, of course, translates into greater security for all. "

Source: CARM