The project, which includes roads in Còrsega, Rosselló and Freser, will add 2.3 kilometers to the cycling network, eliminate car lanes and close to 200 parking spaces
The project is already on public display to be able to call the contest worth 1.2 million euros and five months of works
One of the major bike obstacles in Barcelona (apart from robberies) is the unsafety. The fact that the cycling itinerary network does not have continuity in many cases requires turn to the road, and that is something that discourages the commitment to sustainable mobility. That is why the network of bike lanes is growing in places that help sew more and better this type of movement on pedals An example of this is the cyclable road of the promenade of Maragalla project that the council has just put to public exposure with the idea of convening the contest and be able to start the work as soon as possible. In addition to eliminating traffic lanes, the forecast is that nearly 200 parking spaces will also be lost.
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The new lane will be born in Rosselló with Castillejos, it will go up through Freser and will reach Paseo Maragall to finish at the intersection with Calle de Olesa. In Rosselló, the road, 400 meters long, segregated and unidirectional, replaces a service cordon, which will be maintained but eliminating a traffic lane. In Freser, the sidewalk is widened 90 centimeters and a 350 meter long cycle path and two meters wide. In Maragall is where the most important change will take place. A cycle lane will be added on each hillside, which will eliminate a lane for private vehicles in each direction. All this framework also includes a new 130 meter long cycle lane in Còrsega. In this section, in addition, a bus lane will be added and a car lane and a service lane will be eliminated.
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In total, this project adds 2.3 kilometers more to the Barcelona cycling network and, as foreseen in the project that is now going through the public exhibition process, the works could be completed in five months once the public exposure and the public tender has been issued. The expected cost, about 1.26 million euros. All these new roads will connect with the existing ones on Calle de la Independència, Cartagena, Indústria, Sant Antoni Mª Claret or Navas de Tolosa. The project also proposes change the direction of traffic of a section of Conca street, between Indústria and Còrsega, which would go down and it would keep going up in the direction of the mountain.