Will enhance the safety of a path along which over 2.6 million vehicles a year
The Ministry of Public Works and Planning, through the Directorate General of Highways, will invest 180,960 euros to improve accessibility and road safety RM-F8.
The works, which have already begun taking place in the first section of the route that runs through Casillas, Llano de Brujas and Monteagudo.
It is a path along which over 2.6 million vehicles a year, of which about 250,000 are freight traffic.
The works which are underway are aimed at improving access to housing, water drainage, visibility and light vehicles, which will increase road safety in the area.
The Director of Roads, Jose Guijarro, explained that "it is a simple but very necessary work to establish a proper circulation of both vehicles and pedestrians in maximum security conditions."
In this regard, Jose Guijarro noted that the works to be carried out on the road "will improve pedestrian accessibility to the villages in the area, to build new sidewalks from the neighborhood of La Cueva, Monteagudo, to the Cross of Casillas, while area that will provide pedestrian crossings and fords to facilitate vehicle access to some nuclei of existing homes on either side of the road. "
On the other hand, due to the traffic on the road, have taken all necessary measures so that it is not impeded because of the works, "facilitating the passage of vehicles, so that the flow remains smooth and comfortable ", said the director general.
For the preparation of this road is planned paved road, to extend the sidewalk in certain sections, place protective railings and curbs, to renew the beacon and the horizontal and vertical signs, include marked crosswalks, fords to passing vehicles and areas the road for bus stops.
Also improve surface drainage, lighting and visibility.
Source: CARM