The Minister of Tourism, José Pablo Ruiz Abellán, the mayor of San Javier, Pepa Garcia and the Councillor for Tourism, Jesus Montesinos, have been responsible for opening the first stretch running mostly by Santiago de la Ribera and connects with San Javier, in an event which was attended by members of the Club Ciclista Mar Menor, particularly pleased with the initiative, which was also attended by the director general of tourism infrastructure, José Anselmo Luengo, and the Director General of Tourism Promotion Monica Meroño.
The works, funded by the Commonwealth Tourism del Mar Menor, involves an investment of 402,000 euros.
The lane is marked in red, and has two meters wide, separated by bollards road.
The track flows into the rotunda of Four Peaks, from where it joins the IES Mar Menor, the local police headquarters and near the Sports City, San Javier, and the beach, at the height of the Yacht Club, the City Air to the square Elliptical, along Avenida Francisco Franco, and the Faculty of Sport Sciences, in the street and Santa Lucia Avenue San Blas.
Both the Minister and the Mayor have expressed the intention of the regional and local authorities to continue to expand municipal bike path whose first 6 miles, along the bike path in Los Alcazares, which opened a month ago, are the first phase of a " ambitious project of the Ministry to join the municipalities and districts of the Mar Menor with a great bike path, which then continue to La Manga, "explained the Minister, Jose Pablo Ruiz Abellán.
The mayor, Pepa Garcia and the other authorities and guests inaugurated the lane with a bike ride has highlighted the importance of this infrastructure as there is great love cycling and have good geographical conditions with flat terrain. "
Pepa García has encouraged residents and visitors to use the bike lane "because while it does sport help to minimize traffic problems and pollution."
It also announced that the City is working to provide a bicycle rental service will be available at various points of the path.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier