Villacís explained that the population is demanding the opening of large parks and green areas, but that, for the moment, it is going to “go slowly”. “This Board has made the decision to open the district parks, not all the parks , only those of the districts that serve as relief, “he indicated at the press conference after the Governing Board of the capital. Of course, the recreational areas and sports fields of these green areas” will remain closed to ensure that they do not occur contagions ”.
From here, it will go “step by step” and “little by little” and “the next step will not be taken before evaluating the previous one”. The leader of Ciudadanos has indicated that they do not want a “relapse” and added that they are seeing that the decisions of lack of confidence are welcomed with excessive “joy” and “excesses are taking place that we cannot afford”.
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Cities such as Valencia and Seville reopened their green areas on April 26 to prevent the departure of children, allowed that day, from causing overcrowding in the streets. Barcelona followed suit last weekend: it opened 70 parks of the 146 that were closed.
However, the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, had opted for prudence, against a Villacís prone to opening. “Possibly important agglomerations would be taking place” and “it would be very difficult for the Municipal Police to control all this transfer of people and that the conditions established for the exits are met,” Almeida explained Tuesday. Instead of opening the parks, the City Council He bet on pedestrianizing some streets during the weekends, such as Arturo Soria or the Paseo del Prado.
This Thursday, in the same appearance, Almeida has detailed that 19 kilometers of street will be pedestrianized starting this Saturday and during all weekends and holidays, in total 235,000 square meters. There are 23 routes in the 21 districts through which cars will not be able to circulate from eight in the morning to ten at night. Among them are the Paseo de la Castellana between the Plaza de Emilio Castelar and Goya, Menéndez Pelayo, Arturo Soria, Valmojado, the Calle Mayor, the Plaza de Cascorro or the avenues of Arcentales and Asturias.
Almeida has asked citizens to comply with the rules and, for example, not to do sports in pairs or in groups or stop to have conversations on the street. “The battle is not won, we cannot let our guard down,” stressed the mayor of the capital.
List of pedestrian streets
– Center
Cascorro Square 672 meters
Calle Mayor (from Bailén to Sol) 795 m
Paseo del Prado (from Carlos V to Cibeles square) 986 m
Fuencarral (from Quevedo to Bilbao) 455 m
– Arganzuela
Paseo Imperial (Francisco Morano square to Ronda de Segovia) 705 m
– Retirement
Menéndez Pelayo (O’Donnell to Mariano de Cavia) 1,620 m
– Salamanca
Goya (Alcalá a Doctor Esquerdo) 575 m
Paseo de la Castellana (Goya to Emilio Castelar) 1,000 m
– Chamberí
Santander (Philippine Islands to San Francisco de Sales) 405 m
Bravo Murillo (Ríos Rosas street – Cea Bermúdez street), 369 m
– Chamartín
Paseo de la Castellana (Concha Espina to Cuzco) 656 m
–Tetouan
Asturias Avenue (Via Limit to Plaza Castilla) 1,050 m
–Hortaleza
López de Hoyos (Canillejas Highway to Gran Vía de Hortaleza) 464 m
–Playing cards
Plaza de Hermanos Falcó y Álvarez (Plaza Mayor de Barajas) 226 m
– Latin
Via Carpetana (Caramuel to May 15) 558 m
Valmojado (Seseña a Maqueda) 1,260 m
– Vallecas Bridge
Footlights (Stagecoach to Javier de Miguel) 525 m
– San Blas-Canillejas
Arcentales Avenue (Miguel Yuste a Free Teaching Institution) 1,060 m
– Moratalaz
Carrantona Fountain (Hacienda de Pavones a Arroyo Fontarrón) 608 m
Vicálvaro
Paseo de los Artilleros (Vicalvarada a San Cipriano) 535 m
– Villaverde
Alberto Palacios Walk (Agate Square to Oasis) 335 m
– Linear City
Arturo Soria (Josefa Valcárcel to Alcalá) 1,490 m
Francisco Largo Caballero (avenida de Daroca to In. Libre de Enseñanza) 862 m
– Vallecas town
Sierra Gorda (Gavia Seca to Enrique García Álvarez) 305 m
– Usera
Manuel Noya (Marcelo Usera to S. Nicodemes) 306 m
– Fuencarral-El Pardo
Monforte de Lemos (Betanzos to Ginzo de Limia) 654 m
– Moncloa
Quintana (Princesa – Avenida Pintor Rosales) 425 m
– Carabanchel
Antonio Antoraz (complete) 188 m
Laguna (Oca to Vía Carpetana) 365 m
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