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Another step towards a completely sustainable bus fleet in 2024
Mobility and transport. This year sees 69 new eco buses come into service, 23 of them electric and 46 of them hybrid electric and compressed natural gas vehicles.
Sant Andreu to get 135 sustainable quick-build public homes on the site of the former barracks
Housing. The two blocks will be the first to use industrialised construction techniques after the APROP homes.
Sustainable tourism certification for the city renewed
Tourism. The city’s Biosphere certificate has been renewed until 2024, recognising good practice in responsible and sustainable tourism.
Countdown to the start of the first phase of the tram network connection works
Mobility and transport. Work will then begin on awarding the works contracts and commencing the work on the Verdaguer-Glòries stretch this coming autumn.
Terrace space gained during the pandemic starts to become permanent
Public space. Eleven permanent terraces are being installed in June, with the four chosen prototypes all designed in Barcelona.
On 8 June, the Barcelona Superblock project will be presented to the public
Barcelona Superblock. The Barcelona Superblock project is opening up the participatory process to the public, with an online and partly in-person session on 8 June.
Plan to transform the Colònia Castells industrial site into a park of 10,000 m2
Urban planning. The site will have a central space, children’s play areas, space to relax in, an exercise circuit for the elderly and a hundred new trees.
More recreational areas and greenery in Ronda de Sant Antoni
Urban planning. A tactical project to be agreed on with local people and businesses, to consolidate the road as a community area between the neighbourhoods of Sant Antoni and El Raval.
Moratorium for heavy vehicles in the low emission zone extended by six months
Air quality. The moratorium for lorries and small coaches is extended unto 1 January 2022, and the one for coaches to 1 July 2022.
The history of the Barcelona metro began one hundred years ago
Mobility and transport. The creation of Gran Metro, on 26 May 1921, was the starting point for the introduction of the first metro line in Barcelona, which entered into operation three years later.