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Public Works supports a new cycle and a bicycle hire service in Puerto Lumbreras (18/12/2008)

The Minister of Public Works and Planning, José Ballesta, with the mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Pedro Antonio Sánchez and director general of Transport and Ports, Carmen Sandoval, presented the project through which more than 700,000 will be used to improve sustainable mobility in the municipality.

It will build a new cycle and implement a lending service.

The aim is to establish a public transport system based on the use of the bike with a loan system and automatic control, the cost is estimated at around 100,000 euros.

Spanish cities like Barcelona or Seville already have this method, which is experiencing very good results, so the regional government is promoting in various municipalities.

If the aim is to reduce the volume of private vehicles in urban areas and encourage cycling.

Public Works will also fund a bike lane on the road D-16, Torre Pacheco from the street to the cemetery, the amount of 208,000 euros.

In this sense, Ballesta stressed that this action "will continue the connection network of bike lanes is encouraging the Ministry, the time spent public money on infrastructure to create jobs and revitalize the regional economy in the current context financial crisis. "

In addition, Works subsidize a feasibility study to improve municipal public transport.

According to Crossbow, "the aid framed within the program of grants to local corporations for actions to improve mobility represent an investment of 1.3 billion euros in 15 municipalities in the region and the Commonwealth of Social Services of the Mar Menor, which also funded a project. "

The director announced that it is already drafting the blueprint for the future bike path that crosses the Guadalentín Valley, about 40 kilometers, linking Librilla Puerto Lumbreras.

Said it is "one of the great activities planned for this district, connecting through a green future path most of the municipalities in the area, creating in turn a means of union between them that encourages the use of alternative transport methods that do not pollute and also are beneficial to health, such as cycling.

In this vein, the Minister said that "through the Directorate General for Transport and Highways is working to define strategies and measures that would evolve into a more efficient mobility and lower energy consumption."

He added that "to establish a network of bike lanes to be used to connect the different municipalities of the Region."

Investment in transport

The Directorate General for Transport and Ports conceded two more grants in the same municipality.

In particular, almost 100,000 euros will be used to build bus stops in different parts of the city with billboards, marquees and programmable screens.

You will invest 280,000 euros for the refurbishment of the parking of trucks, which will be hired soon.

Source: CARM

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