“Saline” roundabout in Cervia

“Saline” (salt-ponds) roundabout at the entrance to the town of Cervia

The project is due to the need to modernize a critical, traffic-congested and particularly dangerous roads intersection, between the SS.16 Adriatica road and the ex S.S. 254 Cervese road, close to the town of Cervia, and to make it more effective. Significant volumes of traffic reach that crossroad, and they grow exponentially in summer; this results in impaired traffic flows and harmful effects for the environment.

The project envisages the realization of a large flush roundabout, connected with entrance and conjunction lanes with the existing traffic in the two main directions. This aims to enhance the service and safety levels of the current crossroad, makes the existing traffic flows quicker and, consequently, reduces pollution.

The new roundabout has an outer diameter of about 110 metres, and the road platform is 12 metres wide: it will be paved with bitumen mixed with rubber powder from used tyres, an innovative eco-friendly product that will permit a remarkable reduction of sound emissions.

The project also includes the placement of an integrated sound absorbing barrier, suitable to withhold vehicles and limit acoustic and air pollution produced by traffic, a new draining network connected to a rainwater processing system and a LED-technology lighting system.

The works include the updating of all interfering technological networks (e.g. waterworks, gas network, sewers, electrical distribution, telephone lines), in addition to the completion of the large municipal sewer trunk line of Via Martiri Fantini. Works protecting the duct of the Romagna Waterworks were preliminarily performed by Romagna Acque Società delle Fonti.

Services provided: Execution design, Work management and Safety Coordination.

Client: Municipality of Cervia (RA)

Site: Cervia (RA)

Year: September 2017, ongoing

Cost of works: 1.453 million Euros