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Public Works supports the development of the new network of bicycle paths that connect the campus to the center of Murcia (09/12/2008)

The Minister of Public Works and Planning, José Ballesta, this morning with the mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, the proposed construction of bike path that connects the university campus and Los Jeronimos with Espinardo Murcia center.

The counselor said, "This new cycle network to be structured around the north and west of Murcia will run along Avenida Juan Carlos I to Espinado and connect the University of Murcia with San Antonio Catholic University, to the bike path existing starts on the Malecon. "

The new network of bike lanes will be built around four types: sidewalk bike (bicycle lane pavement or path shared with pedestrians), segregated bike path (bike path adjacent to the road but protected with pivots or bollards), track bike (bicycle lane independent of traffic and pedestrians, or parallel to a road of traffic) and friendly way (Section Mixed road and bike path with speed limits to 30 miles per hour, usually in glorious garden paths.)

The action comes at a cost of 393,467 euros which will be funded 75 percent by the Ministry, which will invest 295,100 euros through the Directorate General for Transport and Ports, while Murcia City Council will fund the remaining 25 percent, 98,367 euros .

The counselor said that the road will have a total length of 13.6 kilometers, of which 8.3 will be newly constructed and specified that "action will be divided into three tracks: the section 0, which will connect Murcia by Juan Carlos I Espinardo campus, the segment 1, which will run from El Malecon to the campus of Los Jeronimos, and the section 2, which will close the route, connecting the bike lane with the UMU Ucam. "

Slice 0 that starts at the local bike path nearly a mile long already in Juan Carlos I (at the intersection with Calle Condes de Barcelona), come to the campus through Espinardo Rectors, the vial Terra Natura and the current bridge the A-7 that provides access to the university.

The section 1 comprises the bike path that starts on the Malecon (walkway Manterola) and passes down the track bike mota Segura river to the hamlet of Rincon de Seca.

The project also includes the continuation of this cycle path to Ucam through a new route of 2.3 miles from Rincon de Seca to the Catholic University, will happen on the road to La Nora and Guadalupe.

Finally, section 2 will close the two previous routes, connecting the two campuses of the service road of the A-7.

"The goal of this grant, said the adviser, is to respond to the demands of the citizens of the region and promote alternative means of transport to the private car through the progressive introduction of a new culture of mobility based on environmental quality and economic and energy saving, promoting public transport and pedestrian and bicycle traffic. "

Source: CARM

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