The
Seaside Gazette
Monday,
September 26, 2011
Something,
at last, is happening along this long-delayed, problem-beset stretch of the
A-7, even if it only involves paperwork.
The
Sub-Delegate for the Government, Antonio Cruz, visited the site on the day of
the completion of the boring work on one of the tunnels – there’s daylight at
the end of the tunnel, and never better said.
Sr
Cruz announced that the contract for the Gorgoracha-Puntalon stretch will be
adjudicated by the end of next month (October 2011).
Sr Cruz
claims that all the autovia between Malaga and Carchuna will be put into use by
the end of 2012, just in time for the destruction of the Planet Earth,
according to the Mayan calendar.
As for
the A-7 between Carchuna-Castell and Polopos-Albuñol, he didn’t want to venture
a guess, bless him. Sr. Cruz reiterated that they have tried to give priority
to the Port of Motril.
Anyway,
the tunnel that has finally been completely bored, just like the citizens on the Costa Tropical
waiting for the said autovia, is the one
between Taramay and Lobres and is two months after the first one reached the
same stage.
This
advance in the construction work means that the link between Almuñécar and
Lobres is 45% concluded. Bear in mind
that there is still lot of work on the tunnels to complete before they will be
ready for traffic and also on the five connecting passages between the tunnels.
The stretch still needs a lot of work on
the two motorway bridges; one 600-metres long and the other 700.
So, the
question is, can drivers expect to be able to connect with the A-44
(Granada-Costa) autovia by the time that next summer begins, or more to the
point, before the N-340 slides into the sea?
Which it is threatening to do in
front of Urb Alfa-Mar.
