Construction of a new stretch of promenade in Barcelona will begin in 2024

The inhospitable and poorly developed stretch of waterfront in the district of Sant Martiin Barcelonait will begin to become a promenade a year from now and will conclude by the end of 2025, if there is no delay. The Barcelona City Council has approved in the urban planning commission this Tuesday to start the procedures to commission the works of a boulevard between the forum and the beautiful sea beacha “deserted” area, according to the definition of the consistory. It is the central section of the three that will articulate the promenade that the consistory conceives, which adds 11 hectares from end to end. The first section that is expected to be cemented will have a sidewalk for pedestrians of at least 12 meters and a bike lane for cyclists and scooters four meters wide. The cost of the works is estimated at €21.2 million.

The project foresees four ramps new access to the beach along the route. will also be planted 1,000 trees of 17 species to create shaded areas. The landscaped area will occupy 15,000 square meters, a third of the 40,474 square meters that will be remodeled in the first stage of the plan. Steps with vegetation will also be built and benches will be installed. At the same time, it is planned to build three volleyball courts next to the municipal soccer field of Can Aranyó-Agapito Fernández and three more tracks next to the access to Josep Pla street. The claim is that the courts clear the arena of sporting activity. With the same intention, areas of childish games at the height of Bac de Roda on the boulevard.

“Humanized space”

Barcelona City Council promises “a new humanized and well-connected space” through a reform that aspires to be “the beginning of the transformation of the seafront to dignify it and sew it with the neighborhoods”; adjacent to besos river. It is “the last section of the Barcelona coast that remains to be dignified”, emphasizes the government of Mayor Ada Colau. The three main accesses to the beach from the future promenade will be three bridges at the height of the streets of Bac de Roda, Selva de Mar and Josep Pla. The consistory highlights that, apart from improving the entrance road to the coast, it also tries to adapt it with the transformation so that the seafront on that flank is “resistant to the impacts of climate change & rdquor ;.

The ramps will also be adapted to eventual sea ​​level rises. In addition, two photovoltaic pergolas will be erected at the height of Selva de Mar and Josep Pla. Commission ‘escoba’

The first step to extend the new promenade was agreed on Tuesday within a municipal commission that has acted as a ‘broom’ session, in which a multitude of urban projects that they rushed before the parties launched the campaign for the municipal elections on May 28. Without much debate and with large majorities, some of the most relevant plans that the consistory leaves pending to finalize and materialize in the next term have been carried out.

During the session, the final go-ahead was given to the urban plan around the La Maquinista shopping center, which will be allowed to be expanded after agreeing on a reduction in surface area for tertiary uses and allocating it to housing. will be built 812 new flatsof which 294 will be under official protection.

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Adjacent to the shopping center is the solar of 90,000 square meters where the old Mercedes Benz factory was located. The commission has given the green light to the provisional approval of the plan, which contemplates the construction of 1,300 homes. The project has been modified at the request of the residents of the area to lower the height of the buildings.

The reform of the Olympic Port to relocate the restaurants and accommodate businesses dedicated to nautical activity, and the agreement with the promoter Comren Tramway has been endorsed to reclassify the Tres Xemeneies del Paral·lel. Offices for companies will be installed and 50% of the profits from the operation will be allocated to equipment and public housing. In turn, it has been agreed to process the transfer 16,000 square meters of economic activity planned in the old Model prison to the future neighborhood that is planned on the grounds of the Barcelona Fair in Montjuic. Authorization has also been given to go ahead with the rehabilitation of the Borsí building, in Ciutat Vella, where it is planned to grant space for neighborhood activities and expand the Andreu Nin library, for 4.3 million euros.

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