Travelling along the N332 between Guardamar and Pilar de la Horadada in the summer used to be a nightmare. It was one long traffic queue reminiscent of the M25 around London but now that is all set to change.
The final piece of the jigsaw was complete when the Guardia Civil served a Judicial review on a land owner at El Fogon who had refused to accept the compulsory purchase order of his land which he was using as the site for a Sunday flea market. Now, the last 9.3km of the N332 between Guardamar del Segura and Torrevieja can be widened to a dual carriageway.
The Ministry has invested 21 million Euros in this scheme to ease congestion on this section of road which has the highest density of traffic in the Valencian region; an estimated 40,000 vehicles per day in the height of the summer season.
The stretch between Pilar de la Horadada and Torrevieja has cost a further 21 million Euros and is just waiting for the street lighting and service lanes to be completed before it is officially opened.
The final expanse of carriageway still to be improved is the eight kilometre ring around Torrevieja which runs from Las Barcos, a kilometer north of Punta Prima to La Mata. With few residential roads providing access to the beach, it is said for the most part that the density of traffic in this area is much lighter. However the procedure to transfer the land required to add a second lane along this stretch has already begun, although there is no indication of when it might be complete.
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