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Mitma announces the approval of the project of Remodeling of the Avenida Alfonso Molina (AC-11) of A Coruña and begins the bidding procedures of the works

29/03/2023
Mitma announces the approval of the project of Remodeling of the Avenida Alfonso Molina (AC-11) of A Coruña and begins the bidding procedures of the works

The General Director of Roads has reported that, once the project is approved, work is already underway to tender works that will improve the functionality, capacity and road safety of the main access artery to the city of A Coruña for a budget of 21 million euros. The project of environmental integration of the avenue, and in execution the works of the Pedralonga runway, which will promote the improvement of the conditions of security and transversal permeability for vulnerable users, is in its final phase of writing. In Vilagarcía de Arousa, the CEO presented the future project of humanization of 4.6 km of crossing of the N-640A to materialize for about 6 M€, expansion of sidewalks, execution of bike lanes, and landscape integration

The General Director of Roads of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Juan Pedro Fernández Palomino, visited today the neighborhood of Matogrande, in A Coruña, to communicate in the presence of the subdelegate of the Government in A Coruña, María Rivas, and the mayor of A Coruña, Inés Rey, the advances in the actions of Remodeling and environmental integration of the Avenida de Alfonso Molina (AC-11), the main access road to the city.

The most recent milestone was the approval on March 21 of the AC-11 Refurbishment Construction Project. The director general has announced that work is already underway on the preparation of the tender for the works, a milestone that will take place this year as announced by Minister Raquel Sánchez on a visit to A Coruña last October. The project has a tender budget of 21 million euros, and another 3 million euros of investment in expropriations and technical assistance will be mobilized.

Avda remodeling. Alfonso Molina

The approved project is of great importance for the city of A Coruña and its metropolitan area. Its main objective is to improve the functionality, capacity and road safety of Alfonso Molina Avenue.

For this, the important braiding movements that exist, which are generated especially at peak hours between the knots of the AP-9, the Matogrande-Pocomaco knot and the Ponte da Pedra-San Cristobal knot, will be minimized. These braids cause road safety problems that lead to traffic jams, congestion, noise and pollution, with a global impact on access to the city and finally on the mobility of the entire metropolitan area.

To achieve this objective, new lateral service roads have been planned in both directions of circulation that allow to reorder the existing accesses, being necessary to replace the 2 affected pedestrian walkways that cross the avenue.

Finally, the movement of the link of Ponte da Pedra to the AC-10 (port) and neighborhood of Matogrande from the center of the city will be completed.