Several measures are being introduced to improve the safety of the roads in Alicante province, it has emerged.

Newspaper La Verdad reported that 23 new fixed radar speed monitoring cameras will be installed across the region by the end of 2008, increasing current numbers by a third.

In addition, a new traffic office is set to open in the city of Elche later in the year, which will absorb about 40 per cent of the workload from the office in nearby Alicante and improve conditions for motorists in the area, Typically Spanish reports.

The new office will serve the Costa Blanca cities of Elche, Torrevieja and Orihuela.

Francisco Garcia-Caro, provincial chief of the Central Traffic Authority, recently said that the number of road accidents caused by alcohol in Alicante province has decreased in the last 12 months.

Recent statistics state that luxury car sales increased by 16 per cent in the Costa del Sol province of Malaga during 2007, southern Spanish newspaper Sur has reported.

Tags: Alicante, Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol, TORREVIEJA