
The Catalan government plans to tender this year the proposed new lane for buses and high-occupancy vehicles (vao) to be implemented in the C-58, which connects Terrassa with Barcelona, with the aim of this network is operational in mid 2009.
This plan, which has an initial budget of 250 million euros, plans to set up special lanes for public transport vehicles and vao, those with more than two occupants to reduce mortality and road collapses at major entrances to the capital Catalan.
So, is scheduled to begin in mid-2009 to operate a lane vao in the C-58, while the ministry of Development "is running to the draft of the B-23", as reported by the Minister of Interior, Joan Saura, who added that the intention of the Government is to implement a similar path on the road C-31, Badalona to Montgat.
The Road Safety Plan, driven by the Catalan TrĂ nsit (SCT), also envisages the installation of 105 new radars at the rate of 35 each year on roads where there is greater Catalan accidents linked to speeding.
It also will enhance the speed reduction to reduce pollution and accidents, as from January 1 in the first crown of Barcelona, where you can not move more than 80 miles per hour, and will be implemented using the PDA to streamline processing of sanctions traffic.
Saura has also highlighted the importance of having a comprehensive road map of risk and local plans road safety Catalan all populations of more than 30.000 2010 these plans cover 70 percent of the population of Catalonia.
The minister explained that the accident in Catalunya has fallen in the last year by 42 per cent in intercity roads, and 15 per cent in urban areas, although fatal motorcycle accidents have doubled over the same period.
Additionally, the autopsies of the victims revealed that 45 percent of those killed had consumed alcohol (40 percent) or drugs (5 percent) at the time of the accident.
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