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Today they have begun work on the first phase of the second leg of the bike path linking the two towns, covering the municipality of Cartagena, a project working together the City and the Autonomous Community

The Ministry of Public Works and Planning, through the Directorate General for Transport and Ports, and in collaboration with the City of Cartagena, today began construction of a cycleway and pedestrian route between Cartagena and La Union, allowing promote sustainable transport and cycling in both municipalities.

In the laying of the cornerstone of this phase which starts to build the path for the municipality of Cartagena, was attended the general manager of Transport, Carmen Sandoval, Councillor for Infrastructure, José Vicente Albaladejo, and as guest, the mayor of La Union, Francisco Barnabas, in whose municipality already built the lane stretch of 2 kilometers.

The first phase that begins today is the result of an agreement between the City and the General Directorate of Transport, amounts to 1,019,000 euros, of which the Ministry of Public Works and Planning provides 725,000 euros.

The project involves the construction of a pedestrian and bike path parallel to the highway N-332 (Cartagena-La Union), which describes a re run total of about 8 kilometers in length between the municipality of La Union and the central square Bastarreche cartageneras.

This first phase of the rail, with a distance of 2.8 kilometers, includes sections ranging from the border with the Union at the station of La Esperanza, to the place called Trough, including the route the path of supporters and the hamlet of Alum.

Phase is completed the project will be completed with a final, reaching Bastarreche, 3.8 miles.

The bike path is bidirectional, have a width of 2.5 meters and is separated from the roadway by a curb.

Furthermore, parallel to the cycle path, a sidewalk is planned for pedestrian traffic of 1.5 meters wide.

The Councillor for Infrastructure, José Vicente Albaladejo, pointed out that this action, as well as closer ties with the sister city of La Union, is a continuation of our policy of encouraging alternative transport, as evidenced by the fact that we already have about 30 Cartagena miles of bike lanes. In addition, continued Albaladejo, this is a complex and far-reaching to that presented a whopping 72 companies, hence its importance.

In this line, Carmen Sandoval said that building bike lanes as part of measures aimed at promoting the use of alternative transport to private vehicles and the promotion of sustainable mobility by introducing non-polluting transport systems, for which is carried out grants to local government.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena