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Every year they invest 550 M of in equipment and signaling of roads, according to Acex
24/04/2009
April 24, 2009
Annually invested approximately 550 million dollars in equipment and signage for roads, according to data of the Business Association for the conservation and exploitation of infrastructures (Acex). This figure represents 7% of the total of which is intended to build. A little significant expenditure in the total amount of the work, which, however, has a high rate of return due to their direct impact on road safety. In particular, the improvement of signalling is one of the most effective and inexpensive measures to prevent traffic accidents and that, according to various studies, it reduces the risk of mortality significantly and pays for itself in a period around age two and a half.
These are some of the issues that some 150 experts in the Road area addressed on 2 April in Santiago de Compostela, in a technical seminar organized by Acex and the Spanish Road Association (Aec), under the heading 'the equipment of the road and the road safety'.
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