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The Minister of Development, Public Works and Planning, Francisco Barnabas, accompanied by the mayor of Murcia, Patricia Fernández, today inaugurated the new roundabout will serve to distribute traffic at the intersection between the RM-554 road, which bypasses the town city ​​of the town, and hamlet of La Algaida.

Barnabas stressed that this action "represents a significant contribution to both traffic management and road safety on a hotspot, and will benefit not only the residents of Archena and The Algaida, but of the many users that run through This section, which has a traffic intensity of more than 7,300 vehicles per day, of which more than 6 percent are heavy vehicles. "

The Minister of Development explained that this work is depiction of the concern of his department "for road safety within whose program was developed acting, with a budget allocation of 151,000 euros. He had detected a degree of accident due to frontolateral when making left turns and crosses the road and rear-end collisions caused by additions clockwise starting from the existing roundabout shocks, which advised this intervention. "

The RM-554 was built in the 90s to bypass Murcia, also providing a new access to Algaida.

At mile 3.9 is the intersection, originally ordered by starting roundabout and has now undergone this procedure, constructing a complete gazebo to prevent crossing becomes a stretch of concentration of accidents.

In view of the available land and deposition of road concurring in the intersection, is designed elliptical roundabout 41x 31 meters, with two lanes of fifteen feet inside and outside shoulders of a meter.

To improve the functioning of the intersection and avoid passing through the roundabout of vehicles that are exchanged between the streets of Las Minas and Murillo of Algaida, has also prepared a mini asymmetric roundabout between both pathways, in addition to direct rails clockwise rotation.

Thus, the work has been completed with the ordination of the first 25 meters of access to Algaida, and the corresponding beacon signaling and and the relocation and expansion of existing lighting.

Source: CARM