The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, and the Director of Development of the Autonomous Community, Pedro Rivera, participated in the opening to traffic of the fourth tranche of the Central Round infrastructure that the mayor has described as "the key to development municipality, since it allows traffic to download the city center and expedite travel between orchard and village, laying the foundation for a new era of ruts for the Sun city communications. "
Jodar has stressed that "thanks to the investment of 7 million euros from ERDF funds and the City Council under draw Lotteries State has drawn a backbone of the city by joining one hand, neighborhoods Santa Quiteria and Virgen de las Huertas with malls and the center of Lorca, and these areas with the neighborhood of San Antonio and access to the fast track that connects us with Eagles, allowing decongest traffic in the city center . it should also be noted that the contracting system has allowed benefit to a greater or lesser extent, small and medium enterprises 53 works, services or supplies across the municipality. "
The new road, which subtranche at Avenida Alcalde Jose Lopez Fuentes and was opened months ago, doubled in width to the Avenida Juan Carlos I and has two lanes in each direction of 3.5 m wide and 0.50 verges meters, separated by a median of 1 meter, plus a service road on the side corresponding to Quijero and one to the Alameda Poet for Vico 3.5 meters wide and a sidewalk on the left margin of 2 meters.
It also has sidewalks of two meters wide and a bicycle path 3 meters wide.
This important work has also included the renovation of public lighting, now led type, the creation of 31 new parking spaces and two large roundabouts, one at the site of the old Puente de Vallecas and one in the period cross between Eagles road, Alameda de Cervantes and Avenida Alcalde Jose Lopez Fuentes.
It has also planted more trees.
Regarding the section between San Fernando and Puente de Vallecas, it has completed the irrigation canal with 68,540 tons of earth, settling a pipe reinforced concrete 2 meters in diameter and 811 in length for rainwater collection, to which they have been incorporated four: 2 casting 600 mm in diameter for the supply of drinking water and over 1,600 mm for pressure irrigation with a new manifold sanitation.
Lorca Mayor stressed that "with the opening of this stretch of the Central round we take a giant step which is one of the strategic projects for Lorca present and future. The Ronda, for which circulate 20,000 vehicles a day and will feature in its full path with 4'4 kms., is called to mark a before and after for the communications in the city, allowing all Lorca have at their disposal modern, functional and practical infrastructure that will provide a return social outstanding. the Central Ronda is now a tool available to Lorca and implementation in full is not a dream for the future but a verifiable fact. "
"In this sense," said Jodar, "remember that has already been awarded the execution of the works of section 1, which will join the Sports Complex Apolonia Felipe VI. This section will have a length of 1.5 kilometers including five roundabouts, one of elliptical shape at the intersection with the N340. the section 2 is about to be executed and is the most complex from a technical point of view, as it will reach the rambla de Tiata on a tour 400 meter including the creation of a bridge 116 meters long on the river Guadalentín, its budget is 5'6 million euros regarding section 3, the City Council and has the financición to carry out the drafting. project ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca