The Director General of Highways said that the construction of a third lane will facilitate communications in this area, which recorded over 3.5 million trips per year
The Ministry of Public Works and Planning will begin next week the redevelopment of the bridge on the Rambla de Churra, a performance that will reduce the deductions from the hamlets of Churra Murcia and Cabeza de Torres to the Avenida Juan de Borbon.
The Director of Roads, Jose Guijarro, said "the expansion of this bridge will reduce the bottleneck forming in the area of the Rambla by building a third lane to provide communications to the city center the area of the mall. "
Also, the director general of Roads said that the new bridge will have a total width of 15 meters (11 feet roadway and two sidewalks of two meters each), which will improve traffic flow in an area that records traffic means more than 3.5 million vehicles annually.
The work, which will take place in the RM-A4 regional road (from the Rambla de Churra to road N-340 or the Mediterranean) includes the regularization of the existing crossing lights and sidewalks on both sides of the bridge with the aim of improving traffic conditions and improve road safety for drivers and pedestrians who frequent the area.
The works, due to end next August, has been awarded to a company in Murcia and respond to the request made by the residents of the hamlet of Churra Murcia through the City of Murcia and the village headman, Francisco Muñoz.
Finally, José Guijarro noted that "one of the main regional government commitments to address the current economic crisis is the momentum of public works through the construction of new infrastructure and improving the National Road Network Community Autonomous, which are essential for the creation of new jobs in the region. "
Source: CARM