| This will involve an investment of more than one and a half million euros | The Local Government Board has approved this Friday, August 7, the collaboration agreements between the City Council and the Autonomous Community that will allow investing more than 1.5 million euros in La Manga for the renovation and expansion of the bike lane and the parks of the Plazas Jessica and Acapulco, within the framework of the DUSI La Manga Abierta 365 Strategy.The bike lane project involves “renovation and renovation works worth more than 1.2 million euros that will make it possible to expand and unite all the sections that were previously unconnected.
The works seek to gain safety for cyclists and fluidity for traffic with measures such as the revision of parking lots that interfere with the bus docks, ”according to Deputy Mayor Noelia Arroyo.The project envisaged in the agreement includes carrying out a feasibility study for the inclusion of a bicycle path in the Marchamalo salt flats by converting its road into a one-way road.
Technicians should establish whether a lane that runs through the area connecting, for example, birdwatching points is possible and whether it can be done safely.
The idea being considered is to leave the road with only one direction that would vary according to the time of year and the needs of the traffic.In addition, the Governing Board has approved the construction projects for 235,000 euros that the Autonomous Community will carry out with cofinancing of Feder funds.
in the Jéssica and Acapulco parks of La Manga.
Arroyo explained that the works consist of the renovation of 4,200 square meters equipped with landscaped areas, trees, new cobbled pavement, urban furniture for rest and bio-healthy areas with outdoor exercise areas for citizens.In the surroundings of the Acapulco square, a seasonal surface parking lot will be created with some electric recharging points through solar panels.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena