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The Ministry of Public Works begins the works of the RM-C8 to improve the safety of the access road to the La Bastida deposit. The director general of Roads, José Antonio Fernández, and the municipal authorities visit the works of rehabilitation of t (06/04/2017)

The repair and rehabilitation works on the RM-C8 road, linking Totana with its hamlet of Viñas-Carivete and is the main access to the archaeological site of La Bastida, began officially today and will last for just over three Months, so that they will be concluded by next summer.

This action, financed entirely by the Ministry of Development and Infrastructures, will increase the stability of the road with the reconstruction of the road, the improvement of drainage and its visibility with the cleaning of ditches and renovation of signage and barriers of protection.

José Antonio Fernández Lladó, director general of Roads, accompanied by the first deputy mayor, Andrés García Cánovas, and other members of the Municipal Corporation gave an account of the beginning of the works and made a brief route along the way.

The works will be carried out by the awarded company, Dragados SA, for a total amount of 544,205 euros and a term of execution of five months, although they will finish sooner.

The director general emphasized that it is "a fundamental road for communications of Totana, the population centers and the farmers of the municipality," as he said, "its main function is to facilitate access to housing and farms located On both sides of the road, which accumulates an average traffic of 1,000 vehicles a day. "

"It is an infrastructure that is also essential for table grape growers in the area and promotes tourism and the arrival of numerous visitors to the archaeological site of La Bastida, one of the most important in European prehistory, The Bronze Age, "said Fernandez Lladó.

The director general justified the delay of the works, which had to have begun in December of 2016, by the request of the farmers of the zone for the collection and transfer of the grape and the effects that had the storms of torrential rains of December and March 2017, that forced to review the project that was contracted initially.

For his part, the first deputy mayor expressed his satisfaction at the beginning of the works and noted that the neighbors of the area will have discomfort for a few months for the execution of it,

While emphasizing that it is an infrastructure that will benefit residents of second homes and many property owners because it is an eminently agricultural area.

Both asked for the understanding of the users to avoid the greatest possible disturbance during this time because it is a route that has few communication alternatives during the time the works last, forcing coordination with the Local Police.

The action will improve the road safety of Totana and mobility with nearby towns, such as Viñas, Anchurica and Carivete, thanks to the resurfacing of the road that has a length of eight kilometers and up to 5.5 meters wide.

The works will consist of the regulation of the pavement grade to increase the stability of the road and reconstruction of the firm throughout the road, cleaning gutters to improve the visibility and drainage capacity of the road.

In addition, the existing irrigation channel, located next to the roadway, will be tubed and seven concrete tunnels will be built for the collection of rainwater that falls on the road and cleaning and registration of piped canal.

Also, the retaining walls of land or slopes of deforestation by other concrete will be replaced that will adapt to the needs of the road, the ditches and berms with concrete will be covered and the signage and the barriers of protection of the way will be renewed.

Emergency works RM-C7

The director general of Roads also reported that within a month and a half approximately will be completed the emergency works of the section of the highway C-7 of La Huerta, at the height of the Cross Mission, on the outskirts of the hull Urban, which recorded significant material damage as a result of the rainy season in December and forced to cut a section of the road for several weeks.

The General Direction of Roads processed in January by means of urgent procedure the contracting of the works in order to respond to a problem that has been dragging since the end of last December, he recalled.

The works, which are being undertaken by the mercantile "José Díaz García, SA", have a budget of 85,882.06 euros.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana

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