Málaga and Granada now joined by A-7 coastal motorway
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 @ 4:00 PM
MÁLAGA and Granada are now linked up by motorway along the coast – the A-7 has been extended by 10 kilometres.
This means a faster, safer and more comfortable route between the two cities than on the N-340, a secondary road which is mostly single carriageway and is travelled by over 17,000 vehicles a day even in low season.
New stretches of the motorway have been built between Taramay and Lobres and from Lobres to Guadalfeo.
The plans were not cheap, with each kilometre of road costing 19 million euros, although the two kilometres between Lobres and Guadalfeo were paid for out of European Union development funds.
Three other stretches hare waiting to be built, all along the coast of the province of Granada.
They will involve an extension of the A-7 between Polopos and Albuñol, which is expected to be open in December, plus another between Gorgoracha and Puntalón, earmarked for completion by March next year, and a third from Carchuna to Castell, which should be in use by September 2015.
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