The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the government delegate in Catalonia and the deputy mayors Jaume Collboni and Janet Sanz accompany the monarch on his tour
King Felipe VI visited the Port Olímpic on Monday, hours after opening the Alimentaria Hall in Barcelona, to get a closer look at the plan to transform the space by the consistory. A transformation that seeks to leave behind the previously existing nightlife model that took over the entire Moll de Mestral and degraded the use of this Olympic infrastructure to move to a public management format focused on the so-called blue economy, that is, the one linked to the sea. resource-efficient and non-polluting, ranging from sports activities to science and technology.
Felipe VI has remained nearly 45 minutes in the port, a stay in which he has been accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas; of the Government delegate in Catalonia, Maria Eugènia Gay, and the deputy mayors of Barcelona Jaume Collboni and Janet Sanz and the councilman David Escudeamong others.
“Return the space to the citizens”
“The King has been very interested in the transformation of the Port Olímpic”, Collboni underlined, who highlighted that it is the 30th anniversary of the 1992 Olympics, which gave rise to the construction of the port. The socialist mayor explained that the objective is “to return the space to the citizens & rdquor; and he has recalled that Felipe VI participated in some sailing competitions at the Games three decades ago.
“We are very grateful to the head of state. She has been asking us for details. He knew the facility perfectly & rdquor ;, added the first deputy mayor, who also reported that the Port Olímpic could host the base of the women’s and youth teams of the 2024 Copa América who will participate in this event for the first time when it is held in Barcelona . A Copa América that according to the councilor “has given light and hope to the city”.
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“A few years ago the city council recovered public and municipal control of all this space, now immersed in a transformation process. We have shown the King the works that are already underway to regenerate the seabed and protect against climate change & rdquor ;, declared Collboni, who has hoped that the objective of the port “going back to being a space of leisure for the whole city”. A port, he continued, that is “singular and unique in the world for being in the urban fabric, with a metro stop just a few minutes away & rdquor ;.
After liquidating the nightlife of the Mistral dock, the council began in the summer of 2021 the works of the breakwater and the intervention to naturalize the seabed. The first 25-ton concrete block was installed last July.