29.07.2009: put the most expensive section of highway from Europe to operation

Yesterday, on 28/07/2009, the most expensive section of highway from Europe (La Herradura - Almuñécar Velilla / Tarramay / Playa Cabria - official exit este Almuñécar) put into operation.

Half an hour before the scheduled opening, formed a demonstration by some 50 people who wanted to draw attention to the situation at Playa Velilla. This is about that for about 2 years of the beach, Playa San Cristobal, for construction of two parking garages, for 3 years and devastated some locked "also broke" Playa Velilla and lie! read more details here

Shortly before 19:00 the clock of the first cars Deligation La Herrdura passed coming and were peaceful, but forceful attention by projecting demonstrators with placards on the situation in Velilla.

Ca. 45 minutes later then the opposite direction was also opened to La Herradura.

The construction of this motorway section (about 9 kilometers) was very complicated, since to compensate for the enormous range in height between mountains and valleys must.

3 bridges, one bridge a valley about 100 meters high bridge and a tunnel with a length of over 2 kilometers, which is now the longest tunnel on the total distance Almunecar to Malaga are the feats of a highway construction that is not better in the nature could be integrated!

The time savings (5 minutes instead of 20 minutes) is enormous and funded by the European Community project is certainly the region of the Costa Tropical, greatly encourage and redirect especially the heavy traffic on the highway and therefore the number of annual fatalities on Schlängelstrecke of the road, reduce considerably!