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The Highways Agency will also install streetlights of so-called 'shock' over the entire length of the performance

The Ministry of Public Works and Planning, through the Directorate General of Highways, has contracted the construction of a roundabout in the RM-A4 highway, which connects Murcia with the old N-340, between the hamlets of Murcia Torres and Cobatillas Cabezo.

The work is projected exactly at kilometer 5.7, where an intersection with an access ramp to the highway A-7 has a great intensity of traffic, more than 22,000 vehicles a day.

According to the director general of Roads "is a much-needed work, as well as being an area with very high average intensity of traffic, where vehicles travel at high speeds because of its proximity to the highway, there is also a high percentage of left turns and, to date, risk dangerous situations. "

In addition, continuing the line to increase the protection of road users will install streetlights of so-called 'shock' over the entire length of the performance.

Jose Guijarro explained that these lamps, which the Ministry has already placed in other sections of the Regional Highway Network "with excellent results," safe lighting combine road to reduce accidents, because "in the event of a collision, its flexibility enables the lamp to bend or split in two, as the impact force, so that injuries are significantly reduced. "

Through this work, which involves an investment of 625,000 euros, will increase the safety of residents and Torres Cabezo Cobatillas, with the creation of a full roundabout to replace the current T-shaped intersection with two lanes of four meters .

Also be built through lanes for right turns without having to go through the roundabout, speeding traffic and improving traffic conditions.

This is an action that is framed within the Road Safety Plan of the Directorate General of Highways, which aims to improve the regional road network, for which there is a budget of 24 million euros, representing an increase of more than 50 percent over last year.

Finally, Pebble said "the effort is being made from the Government of Murcia on road safety and its commitment to improving road infrastructure in the region."

Source: CARM