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| They will improve road safety for 20,000 residents and access to San José Obrero and La Vaguada, in addition to regulating traffic and improving the movement of 12,000 vehicles to day | The works of the new roundabout of Viña del Mar, in Cartagena, are already underway, with an execution period of eight months, to improve the road safety of 20,000 residents and the accesses to San José Obrero and La Vaguada, in addition to regulating the traffic and improve the movements of 12,000 vehicles per day.

It has an investment of 328,000 euros. The Deputy Mayor of Cartagena, Noelia Arroyo, together with the Minister of Development and Infrastructure, José Ramón Díez de Revenga, and presidents of the San José Obrero and Los Patojos Neighborhood Association, Paco García, and La Vaguada, and Rosa María Sánchez, They have visited the construction works of this Viña del Mar roundabout, located at the intersection of Viña del Mar Street with the RM-332 regional highway."The neighbors had been demanding this action for many years, which from the council and the government team of the Cartagena City Council we understood as a priority," explained Noelia Arroyo, who also recalled that "on this road, residents of the area have died and, for Therefore, they are solid arguments to give preference to this project.

Today is a day in which we are satisfied because the first months have been complicated to adjust the technical issues, but it has been shown that the sum of efforts, such as the agreement of the neighbors and the support of the Autonomous Community produces results ".The new roundabout will fulfill a triple objective, has announced the Diez de Revenga: "on the one hand it solves a dangerous intersection, on the other, it pacifies the traffic at the entrance to the urban area since vehicles decrease their speed and increase safety, and it also improves overall mobility by streamlining traffic and redistributing it to avoid traffic jams.

"At the meeting the neighbors have shown their gratitude for starting these works "it was a dream that was not realized and it is finally a reality", concluded the president of the Neighborhood Association of residents of San José Obrero and Los Patojos, Paco Garcia.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena