The draft submitted by the council to the Alfonso XIII Avenue and other streets of this neighborhood include more efficient lighting, which will save 75 percent on lighting, and expanding sidewalks to facilitate passage to pedestrians
The Alfonso XIII of Dolores Street and n will become a great avenue to prominence for pedestrians and trade and will have a more fluid traffic, according to the mayor said this morning, Pilar Barreiro, in presenting the project to remodel the road principal of this neighborhood.
That will affect, in particular, to the streets Floridablanca, Conesa Calderon and Vargas Machuca.
Barreiro also stressed that the work, which will enable the renewal of all services in a similar to the Paseo de Alfonso XIII in Cartagena area will serve to create a bike lane, widening sidewalks and reducing consumption of light by 75%, thanks to LED lighting.
The pedestrian come to the forefront in this great urban roads, expanding to 15% sidewalks, namely, 823 square meters. Sidewalks grow in some places up to 5 meters wide, have enabled the bus stops outside the rolling, despite which the parking areas will not be reduced by more than 20%, as explained to reporters the city engineer and director of the play Vincent Perez.
Other actions are planting 218 trees on this path and the extension of the bike path to the Square Tulip.
To improve traffic flow, reduce deductions and reduce the noise and environmental pollution, work the left turns will be eliminated and a roundabout will be created at the beginning of Floridablanca (opposite the old CAM).
It will also install a median where the new lighting is enabled, which means a saving of 75% on lighting, streetlights least twenty but with better light scattering, as well explained the engineer today.
Besides the furniture and urban services will be renewed.
The works also incorporate the refurbishment of water infrastructure. Thus, river networks, 270 meters of pipes for the correct collection of water in the neighborhood who will go now to the Rambla de Los Barreros be remodeled and avoid flooding problem.
Another restructuring of this project is to the sewerage network, which will consist of the renovation of the sections that are in poor condition, some 1,300 meters of pipes.
The supply network, about 2350 meters, also be reorganized to improve the distribution of drinking water.
IN CONSENSUS
In developing the project, municipal officials have been in contact with the Neighborhood Council and the Association of Residents of Los Dolores, with area merchants and collective defense of cycling to develop a reform program with the highest possible consensus, he claimed Councillor for Infrastructure and Planning, Francisco Espejo. The mayor said they will continue the same line of dialogue to determine whether any parking area is established.
The works that will be imminently tender, has a budget of 2 million euros and a completion period of 8 months.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena