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CostaBlancaPeople 27th August - 2nd September 2024
27TH AUGUST - 2ND SEPTEMBER 2024 - EDITION 1058
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Residents call for road safety measures on dangerous curve in Orihuela Costa
A Guardia Civil Traffic cordon, the remains of another one from the Orihuela Local Police, a temporary illuminated signage and two dilapidated barriers held in place with cable ties. These are the measures that protect the hundreds of drivers who use one of the main roads on the southern
coast of Orihuela Costa every day from a possible plunge from one of the most dangerous curves on this route. The guardrail and the curve signpost remain broken by previous accidents and have not been repaired. The Cabo Roig and Lomas Orihuela Costa Residents’
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Association has publicly denounced the high level of danger on this section of this road, which is very popular with drivers in Orihuela Costa and which lacks safety measures and where numerous accidents have occurred in recent years. The road which winds its way from Lomas de DonJuan down to Campoamor golf is used daily to connect the coast with urbanisations. The residents’ group has sent a letter to the Orihuela City Council, the owner of the road, to warn of this situation, but also to the Generalitat and the Government of Spain. In their letter, they demand that this point be considered a section where accidents are concentrated, with its urgent repair by placing guardrails, installing speed bumps and the signage “specified in the applicable legislation for sections with a high accident rate.” It is a curve where accidents occur regularly. As a result, the
danger has now been increased by the lack of maintenance and repair of the minimal safety measures that it had. At the moment, it is without any type of safety protection at all. Residents warn that if a vehicle lost control on the bend it would fall into a ravine of about 50 metres in height, with the risk of ending
up in the Tajo-Segura transfer canal . The residents’ group adds that accidents are so frequent that they know that the Traffic Civil Guard has made reports to continuously request that security measures be installed. Such as barriers with speed bumps and signs to prevent more accidents with fatal consequences, given the lack of investment in repairing or replacing the barriers caused by the continuous accidents. They warn that if an accident occurs with fatal consequences or serious damage, the City Council and its managers“will not be able to claim ignorance or lack of competence to provide an immediate solution to the risk point.”
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