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The new roads are exclusively for bicycles and connect the city with the coast, parallel to the highway Zeneta-San Javier and the city center with campuses and districts of the South Coast

The regional government through the Ministry of Public Works and Planning, financing the construction of a network of bike lanes in the city of Murcia with the aim to promote sustainable mobility.

Over 53 new miles, these bike lanes will be separated from road traffic and reduce emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

The new road, the exclusive use of bicycles, connecting the town with the coast, such as bike lane Zeneta-San Javier motorway and the center of the city campus and the hamlets of the South Coast.

This will provide citizens of the region's bicycle network that will promote sustainable mobility in three variants: daily mobility, leisure, culture and sports.

The director general of Transport and Ports, Carmen Sandoval stressed the appropriateness of this transport "in a city like Murcia, which enjoys good weather and slopes that normally do not exceed three percent."

Through the new culture of mobility, which the regional government seeks to reduce polluting emissions to the atmosphere, the reduction of noise pollution, and better use of space, since, as noted Carmen Sandoval, " ten bicycles occupy the same space as a car, so that more cycling involves not only a reduction of traffic, but also better facilities for the parking of this means of transportation. "

The regional government subsidizes 75 percent of the construction of the new bike path that connects the university campus and Los Jeronimos with Espinardo Murcia center.

Sandoval said that this new cycle network of more than 13 kilometers, "articulated along three sections the area north and west of Murcia.

Run along the Avenida Juan Carlos I to Espinardo to connect the University of Murcia with San Antonio Catholic University and the bike lane of El Malecon ".

The Community also supports the new cycle of the South Coast, which have ten kilometers and will link the east by Murcia Avenue in the area near the entrance of Algezares.

The track ends in the west, connecting with the road RM-302 (El Palmar Beniaján) in La Alberca.

Regional network of bicycle lanes

Carmen Sandoval reported that the region has plans to build 100 kilometers of bike lanes throughout the Region, as established in the Bicycle Master Plan.

This document includes the creation of an inter-network of bike paths that will help support the sustainable mobility in the regions of Murcia.

The Ministry is working on other practical activities such as bike lane Guadalentín that cross this region and connects the towns of Puerto Lumbreras, Lorca, Totana, Alhama de Murcia and booklets.

According to Sandoval, "it is the longest bike path in the region and one of the longest in Spain, for the Community implemented in three phases and that will give continuity to a cycle route of 60 kilometers long."

Also, the director general said that new initiatives will be undertaken in the district of Mar Menor, in Pliego, Mula and other municipalities in the region.

"The goal is to respond to the demands of citizens and promote pedestrian and bicycle traffic through alternative means of transport to private vehicles," he said Sandoval.

Source: CARM