The Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Transportation has made several works of paving of shoulders on the C-415, specifically in the Mula variant, which will improve the safety of cyclists, failing only in the repair of some barriers safety, work will begin next week.
Conditioning work, whose total budget amounts to EUR 56,371.34, was made at the request of civic groups and City Council of the rock Mülenen cyclist 'Luis Leon Sanchez' side steps to eliminate existing variant Mula.
These steps are the result of successive strong reinforcements have been made on this road over the years and they stand for vehicles out of traffic lanes, in addition to preclude the passage of cyclists on road shoulders .
The works have included the spreading of a layer of hot asphalt on the shoulders of the road to remove existing steps.
The action has been carried out over 3,400 meters of road on both sides, between the beginning of the variant and the square of the road and Conditions.
With this action, the General Directorate of Road Transport and responds to the demands of the biker group, for which we have designed a special plan to prevent accidents signaling, and a series of cycling routes that will allow fans to this sport can travel safely on the roads in the Region of Murcia.
This latest initiative, implemented in collaboration with the Directorate General of Sports, including signaling of two routes, one between Sewell and Espuña and another from Moratalla, Campo de San Juan and La Almudema.
The signs will be placed at the beginning of the routes, at intersections with other roads, and at the beginning and end of villages that are crossed with posters which warn of the frequent presence of cyclists.
According to the director general of Transport and Highways, Carmen Sandoval, "from the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport, we're making a commitment to sustainable mobility in the legislature, which means supporting groups such as cyclists, and encourage all kinds of actions to improve public infrastructure to allow citizens to opt for environmentally responsible transportation, cleaner and healthier. "
For Sandoval, "the importance of road safety for these groups, which by their very nature are exposed to a high accident rate, makes necessary actions such as this help to improve their situation on the roads and avoid accidents bikers ".
Source: CARM