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The mayor of Marbella Ángeles Muñoz has said she is ” very satisfied ” with her meeting Wednesday in Madrid, along with other institutional officials in the province and with the Minister of Development, Ana Pastor.

From the meeting she stressed that improving access to the A -7 in the area of Las Chapas will begin before the end of this year with the first phase in Rio Real, Marbella, a very dangerous part of the A-7 or the old N340 as it was known before, a accident hotspot.

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Rio Real in Marbella will be the first place to be improved on the very dangerous A7 coast road

The councillor has especially emphasized that there is already a budget of two million euros planned for this year, there is expected to be a bid for the works in early summer and work will begin around the end of 2014.

Muñoz said, ” The work will be carried out in phases and the first will be in Rio Real ” who added that “everything is moving forward.” She also recalled that the study is ongoing for the viability of the rail link to Malaga .