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The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, and the Minister of Public Works, José Ballesta, this morning signed an agreement for the construction of two roundabouts to reduce traffic congestion in La Manga del Mar Menor.

As explained by the director, the works will be awarded before the end of this year and be completed by next summer.

For its part, the Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, expressed her satisfaction that will greatly alleviate the problems that occur during the summer season in the Gran Vía de La Manga, by about 35,000 vehicles passing daily.

According to Barreiro, construction of roundabouts is the best solution, as they have found the reports of the municipal technical traffic.

The first of the roundabouts will be located at the crossroads at the entrance to La Manga Cabo de Palos, and the second in the Gran Vía at the height of Caballito de Mar, where the junction with the road to Las Salinas.

The total amount of works will be about 486,500 euros, of which 300,500 will be contributed by the Community and the rest, 186,000 by the City.

In the next phase is planning the construction of two roundabouts, which will located in the Puerto Bello and Cavanna Square Hotel, also in the municipality of Cartagena.

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During the hearing before the media and questions from journalists on the enlargement of the exit of the motorway to La Manga, at the height of Cabezo Beaza, and whose competence is central government, the mayor noted that the general budget State to only a starting point for the recruitment of a study that will present an amendment to include a provision for its implementation during 2009.

For his part, Minister Ballesta has said that his department intends to recruit before the end of 2009, processing works Siphon Road, between Santa Ana and the road to La Aparecida, a high-capacity route, which study has been recently awarded by the City Council.

Finally the Minister has also referred to the works of high-speed train and asked the Central Government to give a specific date of his arrival in the region, after the Institute of Alicantinos was encrypted it will not happen before in 2015, completed the refurbishment of the railway junction of La Encina.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena