The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has awarded 1.7 million euros (VAT included) to draft the project to condition some 12.7 km of the N-232 as road 2+1, in the stretch between the end of the variant of El Villar de Arnedo and Arrúbal, in La Rioja. This action will strengthen road safety and road traffic conditions.
The estimated budget for the execution of the works amounts to 40 million euros (VAT included) and will be executed between the approximate kilometers 373,100 and 385,800 of the N-232.
A 2+1 road is characterized by the provision of an additional overtaking lane to enable said manoeuvre in an alternative and regulated manner between both directions of circulation.
The objective of the contract is to define, with the required degree of detail to a project and a construction project, the actions necessary for the aforementioned works, including the preparation of an environmental impact study for the performance of the environmental impact assessment.
Technical performance characteristics
The works to be projected originate from the km 373,100 of the N-232 road and extend to approximately the km 385,800. The route proposes the conversion in section 2+1 of the N-232 between the indicated kilometer points.
In the stretch between km 373,100 and 380,400, the extension of section is carried out on the current variant of Ausejo of the N-232 and, from that point to the crossing with the LR-260, in km 384, on the N-232; in km 375 the adaptation of the current link with the LR-381 to the new section of road planned; in 375,900 it crosses the ravine of La Nava; in 377,700 the ravine of Ruibieja, and in 378,950 the ravine of Valdeminga, all of them on the variant of Ausejo.
In km 379,700 it is proposed to adapt the link with the LR-259 also to the new road section, ending after the Ausejo variant, point where the route remains parallel to the N-232 to consider its extension.
The route ends by detaching from the N-232 towards the right margin, at km 383,900, to cross the LR-260, at km 384,100 where a link is proposed. It runs about 250 meters east of the N-232 and then crosses the AP-68 in the vicinity of the upper pass of the N-232 on this highway, at km 384,300, to end up overlapping the N-232. It ends up connecting with the start of the new section of the A-68 in Arrúbal, currently under construction