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The environmental organization claimed alternatives environmentally friendly and warns of the destruction of iconic sites like the Cuesta de la Herrada, where the widening to 11 meters would remove hundreds of adult pine trees next to the road.
Ecologists in Action recently presented arguments to the Environmental Impact Assessment Project of the highway RM-532 (old C-330), from Cieza to Northwest Highway.
The RM-532 (Cieza-Mula) is a small path length (26.1 km in total) spanning an area of high environmental and scenic value.
Part of its route runs along the hillside, on the north side of the Sierra del Oro and through the SPA (Special Protection Area for birds) Sierra del Molino, Reservoir Cagitán Quipar and Plains.
The works, explain this association, "consist primarily of widening the road to 11 meters, which have a high impact, especially in the stretch that crosses the Sierra del Oro and its foothills."
A small section, a few kilometers, "and therefore where it is perfectly possible to do things differently," he added.
For this lament from the Ministry of Public Works and Planning had not been taken into account the suggestions that were made in July, and in which "suggest as an alternative to a road of 11 meters in the Sierra del Oro the realization of specific improvements here which already exists, maintaining a moderate-speed movement, improved signage be going through a protected space, and documentation of that section as "scenic road" "
A figure which would be fully justified "by the beauty and environmental values of the area through" And that would "make the road RM-532 passing through the Sierra del Oro and the SPA in a regional example of integrated road environment, and low impact. "
A solution also "cheaper than the proposed" they explain.
From Ecologists in Action added that "the consequences are particularly serious that the planned widening would have on such emblematic places from the point of view and cultural landscape as the Cuesta de la Herrera, a straight stretch of two kilometers, which gives access to the Sierra del Oro from Cieza, and has a strong alignment of pines on both sides and would disappear altogether. "
A state-regret "that is not covered by the project, or which seek alternatives.
For all from the environmental group has turned to demand reconsideration of the project in the terms in which it is currently worded, and calls for alternative solutions to the widening of the RM-532, especially as it passes through the Sierra del Gold and its foothills, where increasing the existing road to 11 meters-would conclude a high environmental impact.
Source: Ecologistas en Acción
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