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More traffic-free space for 78 schools
Protecting schools. The schools will have safer and healthier surroundings, benefitting more than 26,000 pupils and their families.
By-laws adapted to the context of the pandemic
City Council. Municipal taxes will be frozen and the 75% reduction to the tax on bar and restaurant terraces maintained throughout 2021.
Faster, more eco-friendly and efficient construction to create public rental housing
Housing. Invitation to tender for the construction of 212 flats with affordable rents on four city sites using industrialised construction techniques.
Cutting pollution would prevent a thousand deaths a year in the city
Air quality. The excess in pollution causes one in every three new cases of asthma among children and 11% of lung cancer cases.
New measures against Covid-19 in Barcelona decreed by PROCICAT
Covid-19. Bars and restaurants will be closed for fifteen days, with capacities reduced for shops, leisure activities and worship.
Vacancies for people with disabilities to check accessibility at children’s play areas
Inclusion. The people hired will help develop a map and a database on accessibility at places where children play in the city.
Urban transformation to improve quality of life in Trinitat Vella
Urban planning. Public space will be revamped and buildings renovated in the northern part of the neighbourhood.
Parks, green areas and trees get in trim in the autumn!
Environment and sustainability. A special action plan backs up the usual maintenance work following the situation generated by Covid-19.
Pollutant vehicles down by a third in the Low Emission Zone
Low Emission Zone. The percentage of vehicles without the environmental badge has dropped from 20% to 3% in the last three years.
CicloBCN21 to turn bicycles into the city’s star attraction from 5 to 10 October 2021
Bicycle. Barcelona will be bringing together three congresses on bicycles: 2021 EuroVelo and Cyclotourism Conference, the 17th Iberian “Bicycles and Cities” Congress and the 7th Catalonia International Bicycle Congress.