The projects being developed in Barcelona, which the mayor has described as “transformation of the century”, will involve intervening in 5.5 million square meters, an area comparable to three quarters of L'Eixample, with public financing from the City Council. and other administrations. The actions until 2025 will be structured into six axes:
“The mayor responds”, which took place at the DHUB, is an annual meeting organized by the College of Journalists. Jaume Collboni has also taken stock of the first 250 days of his mandate, and has highlighted actions such as the Pla Endreça, the Clima Escola plan, the agreement with Incàsol to create more housing, the promotion of eleven new CAPs, the agreement to cover the Ronda de Dalt and the promotion of the reforms of La Rambla and Vía Laietana.
To make the transformation possible, Collboni has emphasized the planned investments, with notable actions such as recovering disused spaces equivalent to 32 blocks of L'Eixample, reforming Meridiana to Fabra i Puig, Balmes street and Paseo de la Mar. Bella, four libraries, three Bressol schools and six new sports centers, remodel four municipal markets and recover the Teatre Arnau.
The city of 5.5 million
The mayor has expressed the desire to generate new centralities and move towards the “true metropolitan city of 5.5 million inhabitants, without peripheries”, and has spoken of the opportunity presented by the new metropolitan urban master plan.
