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Work to improve accesses to Malaga taking longer than expected
• 26 Apr 2007 •
THE improvement work on the Malaga bypass was awarded to Vera y Copisa in 2004 for 13.65 million euros and was due to be finished at the end of last year; however it is not now expected to be totally finished until this summer at the earliest and the total cost of the work has now risen to more than 18 million euros.
The biggest improvement to reduce traffic jams on the bypass is the renovation of the La Virreina link, which is currently in its final stage. This, together with improvements in the Alameda-Barriguilla link at the Gordian junction of the west bypass, is a basic measure to reduce traffic chaos at the accesses to Malaga until 2009, when the second bypass will be opened.
One of the main reasons for the delay is a modification of the original project to protect the San Telmo aqueduct and redesign the descent through the San José residential area in Ciudad Jardin.
However, the Ciudad Jardin access suffers the biggest delays at kilometre 242.8 of the A-7 after the dual carriageway exit through the Monte Dorado tunnel. Only 700 metres of this two-kilometre-long exit have been finished, mainly due to the fact that the old local animal health park was nearby and work could not be started until the council closed the installation and moved the animals at the end of March.
A containment wall is being built next to the old dogs’ home, after which a 300-metre section will have to be filled with earth. This work is expected to take another two months.
Further down, at the crossing with the old Casarbermeja Road, the platform of the road is finished but has yet to be asphalted.
The two exits at the western end and near the new suburban area of La Virreina are finished and may be opened before the other parts are finished, if the Ministry sees fit.
One of the keys of the project is the south link of this new roundabout, as it leads to the two links with the east bypass crossing La Virreina, a new bridge over the Guadalmedina River and Jacinto Benavente Avenue (the old N-331).
Drivers will then be able to access this part of the city here without having to use the exits of the A-7 to Carranque or through the Carlos Haya tunnel to La Rosaleda.
In the other direction, the new access to the east bypass will allow drivers to avoid the detour to reach the dual carriageway. |  Return to Top
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