The Mayor of Almuñécar, Juan José Ruiz Joya, expressed his satisfaction on social media as his municipal administration had awarded the works contract for doing up the N-340 junctions.

The project, entitled Gran Eje Verde (Great Green Axis) will affect four of Almuñécar’s access junctions on the N-340: the one near the Guardia Civil post at the top of Avenida Costa del Sol; the La Paloma junction near the gasonlinera; the P-4 entrance, giving access to the two football installations and finally, the Los Pinos Junction, which is the only one that is a roundabout, yet the least busy of the four. The Taramay junction is not included.

The project has a budget of 171,050 euros, 88,750 of which for the decoration on the half-moon road islands, which will be adorned with huge avocado fruit and the work will be carried out by Guerreli.

“Today is a historic day for our town. With the awarding of the contract for the Gran Eje Verde, we are taking the first step to a renovation without precedent that will change the image of our entrance junctions,” said the Mayor.

He observed that the points of entrance to Almuñécar had not been up to the “standard of the beauty and potential” of the municipality.

Editorial comment: well, that’s all wonderful, but the western approach is still marred by an ageing, skeletal structure of what was supposed to be a hotel, and one that the Town Hall has been expressly told to demolish some years ago.

Furthermore, many believe that what is needed are roundabout junctions to replace these traffic-light controlled intersections, which would avoid the tailbacks that have been evident this summer at the Avenida Costa del Sol junction.

(News: Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)

Tags: N-340, Access Junctions, Roundabouts, embellishment, Budget, Project, Gran Eje Verde, P-4, Los Pinos

Reader’s comment: “Agreed, traditional roundabouts would be the best solution, however the traffic lights are on a simple timer rather than having induction loops to respond to traffic at junctions. Traffic lights are not sequenced especially those at Carbonel and P4, this causing poor traffic flows and increased tailbacks.” – Michael

Reader’s comment: “What happened to the mules? Sorry that was Nerja wasn’t it?” – Bill Gibson

Reader’s comment: “There need to be at least two more roundabouts between Almuñécar and the punta de la mona exit to allow people to choose their direction of travel without having to go miles one or the other to be able to turn around. I see the beautification project as a waste also because there are smaller roads here and there that desperately need repaving, at the very least!” – Louis