According to Fuertextra, the new road is close to completion, but it will not be opened until the Tamaragua/Corralejo stretch is finished, to avoid undue pressure on this section, which is already disrupted by preparations for duelling.
Unfortunately, there is no budget for finishing this until 2017 at the earliest, so we can enjoy the beautiful, but dangerous, dunes road for a few more years yet.
Duelling! Sounds rather archaic!
Where does the new road go to/from?
At the moment, it goes from the middle of nowhere to the middle of nowhere else!
All built except for the last kilometre each end.
It start at Corralejo, from the bypass, along the route of the existing La Oliva road, till just past Tamaragua when in curves off to the left through the mountains to join the road from La Caldereta to the coast. It is the northern section of a proposed motorway from Corrralejo to Morro Jable.
No EU money has been allocated to the Corralejo section of the Autovia, hence the delay as The Canarian Government has no cash, whereas the section around Costa Calma has been allocated EU funds and is being built now and will be completed in 2015
Looks like they are making a new juction at the turn off to El cotillo at the Tamaragua end of the new road,not sure if its a slip road or they are going to put a roundabout in ,but been working the last 5 days ive been here ,yet another thing that might be finished when next over in Sept
Sorry spike , but the E U allocated the money years ago to complete this road. The figure allocated is on the board, near the Lajares turning. I wonder where it went ? .
Can tell you where it didn't go. 24/7 medical care at the airport. And dog mess cleaners in Corralejo among others.
Where it could have gone?. Maybe wages for the batallions of traffico, guardia and policia local patrolling the chronically over policed island.
Quote from: bridlife on March 09, 2015, 08:44:16 AM
Sorry spike , but the E U allocated the money years ago to complete this road. The figure allocated is on the board, near the Lajares turning. I wonder where it went ? .
Digging up Corrie High Street again.
Quote from: cockney on March 09, 2015, 21:56:37 PM
Quote from: bridlife on March 09, 2015, 08:44:16 AM
Sorry spike , but the E U allocated the money years ago to complete this road. The figure allocated is on the board, near the Lajares turning. I wonder where it went ? .
Digging up Corrie High Street again.
please its Corralejo :D
What's wrong with Corrie? Lots of us use Fuerte as an abbreviation.
Quote from: PHo on March 10, 2015, 08:33:26 AM
What's wrong with Corrie? Lots of us use Fuerte as an abbreviation.
If it was an abbreviation, it would be Corra. Not (oh so english sounding) corrie.
We have the time here to pronounce all the syllables so lets just call this town Corralejo :-*
am I bovvered...am I bovvered??????????????? :P
And you havent even picked up on the spelling mistake tut tut Erik you need to pay more attention to detail
Is the new road going down through Tammaragua all the way to Coralejo, does anyone know?
No it by passes Tam on the way to Corrie
Where's Tam, never heard of it?
Couple of k outside Corrie. ;D
Thanks D ;D
Update from Canarias7: (use your imagination to understand some of the translations!)
After many years without a new underground expressway in Fuerteventura, finally later this year will open to traffic the first phase of stretch Matas Blancas-Pecenescal, particularly from Matas Blanca Costa Calma. The culmination of this part funded Feder must still complete two more phases.
The Minister of Public Works and Transport of the Canary Islands, Ornella Chacón, began yesterday at the Cabildo de Fuerteventura round of visits to the island presidents intend to start drafting the new agreement Canary-State roads. In those early meetings of the councils Chacon you receive its priorities for the development of a catalog of works for the Canaries' that must be included in their plannings island. "
Chacon and director of Road Infrastructure of the Canary Islands, José Luis Delgado, opened this new framework for negotiations with Marcial Morales, president of the Fuerteventura Cabildo, and Edilia Pérez, Minister of Public Works island.
With regard to road infrastructure that are running in Fuerteventura, Chacon said that before the end of this year could be opened to traffic highway section of the Costa Calma-Pecenescal, particularly since the start of this route north in Matas Blancas area, to the area that circles parallel to the resort of Costa Calma. Subsequently, pending would implement the second phase of the project, that is, the path from Los Gorriones to Pecenescal; and the third and final phase, which will consist of a viaduct of the sparrows to Pecenescal natural step that will allow the sand in this area of ​​JandÃa.
With regard to the stretch of highway between La Caldereta and Corralejo, "most of the work is well advanced and practically made." "What remains is the finishing stretch to Corralejo Tamaragua and the current round of the stew with new there will be north. We have put the budget in December 2016 or January 2017 much of that stretch in service, "he added.
Almost 15 million investment by 2016. It is committed in 2016 to road infrastructure in Fuerteventura. The project takes more delay is the stretch-La Caldereta Corralejo, since Matas Blancas-Pecenescal is funded Feder.