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Work on the new roundabout which gives access from the RM-B37 road to the industrial estate of Cotillas Towers where logistics platform "Consum Cooperativa" sits begin in early 2016. This was announced on Thursday morning September 3rd Councilor Minister of Works and Infrastructure, Francisco Barnabas, during his visit to Torreño, which has been accompanied by the general secretary of the Ministry, Yolanda Muñoz, and Director General of Roads, Jose Antonio Fernandez Lladó .
After a meeting in the local council with the mayor, Domingo Coronado, the delegation has addressed the future location of this roundabout, to be located in the 3'960 kilometer of that road.
This is a roundabout 66 meters outside diameter, with three lanes four meters each and hard shoulders of one meter indoor and outdoor and underground medium.
A roundabout that will link the RM-B37 (popularly known as Mula road) with this industrial area through the avenue Augustin Fuentes and which has now begun the process of procurement, which has a budget of 400,000 euros and a lead time of four months.
One area in which the local company "Transportes Agustin Fuentes e Hijos, SL", currently located in the N344 road, soon also will develop other industrial spaces and whose -more than 1,300 trucks, which make him be one of the main companies logistics and transportation nationwide - will also benefit from this infrastructure.
Also a vial 900m
In addition, as part of these actions create a road 900 meters long that will connect these polygons with this roundabout as a road linked to the development of those areas of economic activity is planned.
"The private sector will run a road 900 meters long that give you direct access from the complex to the roundabout we all are benefited. It will be a public-private partnership first class," he said Barnabas.
The Minister stressed that "this project will benefit more than 65,000 heavy vehicles annually mobilizes this industrial estate, if well designed to absorb twice the traffic."
Meanwhile, Coronado said that "this roundabout will streamline the traffic of heavy vehicles with maximum road safety conditions, while saving them thousands of kilometers throughout the year with a corresponding benefit for the environment."
It is recalled that some improvement work to adapt and widening of the road Mula were conducted in order to adapt the road connecting with the highway west to a speed of 80 kilometers per hour in 2009.
A project that allowed decongest the urban area of ​​heavy vehicle traffic and promote industrial development by becoming a communication channel for companies like these that are now going to see improved their working environment.
Two powerful companies
"Consum Cooperativa" account in Las Torres de Cotillas with facilities that are engaged in the distribution of dry, chilled and frozen products, which generate about 300 direct jobs, plus 270 indirect jobs.
For its part, "Transport Agustin Fuentes e Hijos, SL" is a local business group that has been placed at the head of the European land transport, with offices in Base 2000-Lorquí (Murcia), Castejon (Navarra) and Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña).
It founded a quarter century ago and more than 3,000 national and international customers located across Europe, has a significant volume of business growth and direct management of 90% of the cargo that operates in the area of ​​the peninsula.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas
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