The City Council begins the works to provide sidewalks and traffic calming measures to the Benahavís road.
The project, which is located in the section between the Mar y Monte and Alquería traffic circles, also includes lighting, trees and landscaping.
The Estepona City Council has started the work to provide sidewalks and traffic calming measures to the Benahavís road, in its urban section. This is a long-awaited municipal initiative that has been adopted once the city has obtained the transfer and ownership of this 2.3 kilometer long stretch. The General Directorate of Road Infrastructures of the Ministry of Development, Territorial Planning and Housing of the Andalusian Regional Government approved a few months ago the act by which the ownership of this stretch of road has been modified, becoming the property of the municipality of Estepona.
By virtue of this new condition, the Consistory is going to improve the whole area and will carry out the construction of a sidewalk, to ensure pedestrian traffic between the two points (from the A-7 to the avenue of La Alqueria) and in turn allow the connection of the various developments that converge in the environment. At the same time, and in response to neighborhood requests, this road will be equipped with traffic calming measures and pedestrian walkways.
Specifically, the action consists of the construction of a sidewalk on the east side of the road, in addition to the implementation of traffic calming elements, lighting, landscaping and trees. The section is between the traffic circle in front of the urbanization Mar y Monte and the traffic circle of Avenida Alquería and access to Pico Alcazaba.
The work has a budget of 1,358,000 euros. The execution period for the works will be four months. The planning contemplates the compatibility of works and traffic in the area.
This is an action demanded by the neighbors of the area that now, once the ownership of the land within the municipality of Estepona has been formalized, can be attended by the City Council.
