THE WEATHER
Edition 365
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Thursday 29th March 2018
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AP-7 Bridge Assurance
lans to widen a bridge over the AP-7 in the Lomas de Cabo Roig area of the Orihuela Costa to make it safer for pedestrians and motorists appear to be moving forward, according to Orihuela council. The residents association of Cabo Roig and Lomas have arranged a demonstration on Calle Cabo Creus this Saturday morning, to show their long-standing concerns over the lack of safety on the route. The road, including the bridge, has no pavements and pedestrians are having to make do with a 40-centimetre-wide hard shoulder as they cross the bridge. Eighteen months ago, La Federación de Asociaciones de Orihuela Costa (FAOC) said that residents of the Lomas urbanisation are taking their life into their hands by walking along the Calle
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Cabo de Creus to the local health centre and other facilities, including the beach. Orihuela mayor Emilio Bascuñana (pictured left),
said that a meeting with Valencian Government road chief, Ismael Ferrer, brought the news that a feasibility plan should be in Ferrer’s
departmental hands within two months. Ferrer stated during his talks with Bascuñana that he did not foresee any objections to the project, though no further timescales were declared. Other topics included the major jams caused on the N-332 during the summer months, with the Mayor pointing out the Development Ministry were carrying out studies to improve traffic flows at the three roundabouts at Punta Prima-Rocio del Mar; La Zenia; and Cabo Roig. The vexed matter of trying to scrap the tolls on the AP7 in the Orihuela municipality to relieve the pressure on the N-332 was also talked about, however, neither Bascuñana or Ferrer could shed any further light on the matter at the present moment.