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The action has a budget of more than 860,000 euros and a lead time of eight months

The Minister of Public Works and Planning, José Ballesta, today laid the foundation stone for the construction of the new bridge on the Rambla del Mayes on the road between Ojós with Archena (MU-522), passing by the municipality of Villanueva del Río Segura.

In the ceremony to inaugurate the work the Minister was accompanied by the local mayor, José Luis López.

MU-522 road is a communication channel that runs through the Rambla del Mayes, north of town, through a one-lane bridge, which leads to reduced road capacity at this point and a reduction in security road traffic.

The completion of the project, which has a budget of more than 860,000 euros and a lead time of eight months, should make the effect 'bottleneck' caused by the existing single lane that prevents simultaneous movement in both directions and the Elimination of the tight bends that give access to the existing bridge, which will end with a stretch of concentration of accidents.

José Ballesta explained that "with this performance, from the regional executive give a further step in increasing security along the Regional Road Network for both drivers and pedestrians, while achieving improved mobility throughout the valley region Ricote. "

The action section has a length of 324.36 meters, spread on both sides of the Rambla, where you build a bridge of 120 meters with two lanes of 3.5 meters each, for 1.5 m shoulders and two sidewalks of 2 meters wide.

Also, the Minister said "this is a work in a road with an annual traffic volume of around 675,000 vehicles and 55,000 heavy vehicles, therefore, this new infrastructure will be a considerable improvement in the layout and traffic on this means of union between the municipalities of Valle de Ricote, while speeding up investment in public works by the regional government to create jobs and boost the economy in the current crisis. "

Source: CARM