Portal de Alhama de Murcia
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The Minister of Works, Housing and Transport, José Ballesta, announced today at a press conference opening to traffic from 12:00 in the new RM-23 highway between Alhama de Murcia and Mazarron, corresponding to the splitting of the MU-603 road and highways connecting the RM-2 (Campo de Cartagena-Alhama de Murcia) and RM-3 (Totana, Mazarron).
The highway, which has had an operating budget of more than 9 million euros, is the connection of a belt of highways, linking the motorway RM2, which in turn communicates the A-7 and A-30 with the highway Mazarrón goes to Totana.
Thus, the regional government complete part of a belt of highways as part of the plan of consolidation of the Region of Murcia.
With this new route, and after opening to traffic for almost a year Totana motorway-Mazarrón, Mazarrón Alhama-the journey through the MU-603, which was 48 minutes, is reduced to 21.5 minutes, with which saves 26.5 minutes in this shift.
In this regard, the Minister of Works, Housing and Transport, José Ballesta, said the new infrastructure, implemented by the Ministry through the Directorate General for Transport and Highways, "provides a significant increase in mobility in the region, and significantly reducing travel time between the municipalities of the Lower Shire Guadalentín. "
Thus, the inhabitants of Alhama de Murcia, Librilla, Mazarrón and Totana, with a total population of 84,732 inhabitants, will be significantly improved its communications, as well as the other drivers that usually circulate through these pathways.
Ballesta counselor also stated that "with this new highway, it will increase traffic flow in the area, enhance road safety and will significantly reduce accident rates."
He also recalled that "the highway has the favorable environmental impact statement, since it meets the bird crossing space and adjacent wetlands."
Characteristics of MR-23
The new route has a length of 9.1 kilometers and has two links that allow access to the highway and give continuity to the rest of the way the town of Alhama.
The dimensions are 10.50 meters wide total, including two lanes of 3.50 meters, 2.50 meters outside berm and an inner of 1 meter, with a median between lanes of 2 meters.
The study projected traffic for the road, the calculation made on the service levels currently available and a horizon of 20 years indicate that it will begin serving the 6,000 vehicles Average Daily Traffic (ADT) to present to 40,000 are planned for 2027.
Moreover, since the IMD of heavy vehicles is 700 per day, and is expected to increase it to 900, have also been made necessary safety work (barriers of defense) to ensure the safety of users of the track.
Source: CARM
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