Major Disruption Expected On The A7 And Ap7

Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has awarded a €17.8 cardinal statement to support and run Alicante’s main coastal roads, covering 156 kilometres of cardinal routes crossed nan province’s bluish area.

The statement will attraction connected 3 captious arteries that link nan state — nan AP-7, A-70 and N-332 — complete an first three-year period, pinch an action to extend. While nan useful purpose to amended roadworthy information and aboveground quality, they will besides bring lane closures, diversions and imaginable postulation jams.

The AP-7 and A-70 are 2 of nan busiest roads successful Alicante, carrying a changeless travel of vehicles betwixt Valencia, Benidorm and nan confederate Costa Blanca. The AP-7, successful particular, serves arsenic nan main motorway nexus on nan Mediterranean corridor, with dense freight and tourer postulation passim nan year. Any closures aliases diversions present could lead to important congestion, particularly astir Benidorm and El Campello, wherever nan A-70 connects inland routes to nan coast.

Drivers utilizing these routes should truthful expect longer travel times, particularly during highest hours aliases vacation weekends. The A-70, a captious bypass astir Alicante, often suffers from bottlenecks moreover without building work, making postulation guidance during nan upcoming projects particularly challenging.

Areas affected

The caller attraction statement covers:

AP-7: from nan provincial separator pinch Valencia (km 600) to El Campello (km 674), including respective junctions.

A-70: astatine El Campello, from kilometre 0 to 5.

N-332: from kilometre 121 adjacent El Campello to kilometre 204 successful Els Poblets.

Major task successful Benidorm

The first important task nether nan statement will return spot connected nan N-332, wherever resurfacing useful will beryllium carried retired betwixt kilometres 149.360 and 152.360 successful nan Benidorm North section. Additionally, different €12 cardinal statement has been awarded for nan attraction of 136 kilometres of roadworthy elsewhere successful Alicante province.

Scope of works

The programme includes pavement and signage repairs, improvements to lighting, tunnels, difficult shoulders and information systems. Crews will besides grip mishap response, wintertime roadworthy services, passageway power and emergency assistance.

Motorists are advised to enactment alert to upcoming roadwork notices and scheme replacement routes whenever possible.