Barcelona has reopened two renovated streets in Can Baró, in the Horta-Guinardó district, after a €2.84 million project led under the Pla de Barris, or Neighbourhood Plan. The streets are Albert Llanas and Miquel dels Sants Oliver, and the work covers 5,900 square metres.
The project is designed to improve accessibility and pedestrian safety. Barcelona City Council said part of the funding came from the social return on Park Güell ticket sales. For more local coverage, see our news page.
Sara Belbeida, councillor for Horta-Guinardó and the Pla de Barris, visited the site with residents. She said the reform of the two streets was necessary and a priority to improve accessibility and help pedestrians pass through, and said it forms part of the city’s commitment to transform public spaces and update basic infrastructure such as sewerage and services.
The works on the two connected streets, which link Carretera del Carmel with Plaça de Sanllehy, include wider pavements that now meet minimum accessibility standards at 1.80 metres wide. The pavements have been repaved to match existing surfaces, and raised pedestrian crossings have been added on Albert Llanas to help walking routes and slow traffic.
On Miquel dels Sants Oliver, the section between Anna Maria Matute and Albert Llanas, and the area connecting to Josep Yxart, has been turned into a single-platform zone. The council says this improves safety at the exit of the nursery school there, with the area now signed for a maximum speed of 10 km/h.
Other upgrades include burying utility services, removing overhead poles and cabling, renewing the sewerage network and public lighting, and improving railings and protective barriers. Existing vegetation has been kept, and nearby small green areas have been tidied.
The Horta-Guinardó district is also preparing a further project for the area between Albert Llanas, Anna Maria Matute and Cunit streets. That work would consolidate the slope, renew sewerage and lighting, add new vegetation, and improve access between Albert Llanas and Anna Maria Matute with a new mechanical vertical mobility element.
