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The Development Ministry continues to advance work on the A-33 in the section that connects with Yecla Jumilla, a sought infrastructure Murcia following his process, and once completed reduced by 46 kilometers the connection between Murcia and Valencia.
The mayor of Jumilla, Enrique Jimenez and the first deputy mayor, Alicia Abellan, visited this week the works, which indicated progress as expected under.
This is the last stretch of the A-33, which was awarded by 69 million euros, with an execution period of 40 months, and will be undertaken by three different companies.
In December the works were started with the laying of the foundation stone by the Minister Ana Pastor, and since then has been progress in all three sections tendered.
In Jumilla works they have started by the roundabout which gives access to the A-33, from where it will leave the link to the next section, and where machines are already working for months.
In August 2012, he was put in operation the first two sections of this highway with the initial connection Blanca Jumilla, linking the town with Murcia by motorway.
30 km with a budget of over 122 million euros which meant you were one of the bets of the Central Government in infrastructure in the region, and stop coming to Jumilla.
Now the continuation of this highway will save time of about 11 minutes on the current path of the N-344, a distance of nearly 24 kilometers;
and save five liters of fuel in the path between White and Yecla, which is about 70 kilometers.
The works were divided into three subsections, and the budget of the three contracts awarded work amounts to 69 million euros.
Specifically, subsection 1, of 7.3 kilometers long, runs from the junction with the N-344 in Jumilla to local road MU-26-A;
while subsection 2 7.5 kilometers long, stretching from the local road MU-26-A to the next intersection with the same road.
Finally, subsection 3, of 8.6 kilometers long, stretching from the local road MU-26-A to the C-3223 regional road that leads to Yecla.
This stretch of highway will be an alternative to the old N-344, along which 5,500 vehicles daily, of which up to 23 percent are heavy.
In addition, it has been designed with very gentle slopes, so that vehicles using this new route will avoid steep slopes and ramps of the N-344 road, capturing most of the traffic of long and medium-haul to allow driving more comfortable, safe and efficient.
It will also avoid passing vehicles for cruises industrial estate Romerales in Jumilla, La Alquería and Fuente del Pino, thereby improving the quality of life in these places to reduce noise nuisance or pollution, and increase road safety .
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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