The Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma) has formalized for 43.1 million euros (VAT included) the contract for works of the variant of Malpartida de Cáceres on the N-521 Highway.
A project with which to improve the safety and protection of vulnerable users that includes, in addition to the construction of this new variant as it passes through the town of Cáceres, a duplication of footpath of the same road between the link with the A-66 motorway and the municipality itself. The total length of the performance is 10.7 kilometers that run through the municipal terms of Cáceres, Casar de
Cáceres and Malpartida de Cáceres.
The intervention is included in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), which envisages investing up to 659 million euros (without VAT) from NextGenerationEU funds in the modernization of more than 80 tunnels, the protection of both vulnerable users and the living fauna, the promotion of sustainability and energy efficiency and the reduction of noise in the State Road Network.
In particular, this action pursues different objectives. On the one hand, eliminate the problems associated with transit through the current Malpartida de Cáceres crossing, in particular those related to the security of the most vulnerable users. On the other hand, to reduce especially the long-distance heavy traffic in the area, with the consequent benefits in the reduction of noise and air pollution. In addition, the accessibility to the population of Arroyo de la Luz and the rest of the municipalities of the West of Cáceres will be substantially improved.
Also, given its proximity to the capital, the population of Malpartida de Cáceres maintains a residential function that is complemented by the existence of an important industrial estate, which involves high traffic intensities (with strong points in certain time slots) and the associated risks.
In this way, the project will mean an improvement of pedestrian and cyclist mobility with suitability for cyclist use of part of the Caceres - Badajoz natural route and the creation of the extension of the cyclist route to Malpartida. In parallel with all these initiatives, a rearrangement of access is foreseen, with service routes in both margins, which will also result in the improvement of the safety of the stretch.
Sustainable, secure and connected mobility
The Mitma leads an investment and reform strategy with the aim of promoting sustainable, safe and connected mobility in both urban and metropolitan and interurban environments. This strategy is included in two of the components (C1 and C6) of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) managed by the Ministry and is placed under the umbrella of two of the lever policies on which the recovery plan pivots: “Urban and rural agenda, fight against depopulation and development of agriculture” and “Infrastructure and resilient ecosystems”.