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bridge between the municipalities of Barcelona and Montcada and Reixac, an previous aqueduct shall be used to weave bridges between the neighborhoods of Can Cuiàs and Ciutat Meridiana. This can be a historic declare by residents who save the present municipal borders as finest they will. To go from one place to a different to buy, to the physician, to highschool or to the sports activities amenities, the youngsters need to make a visit of greater than half a kilometer over steep slopes. An alternative choice is to take the metro or the bus. The opposite various, and no much less frequent, is to take a shortcut by happening a ravine by a cross street, a degree that's harmful when it rains as a result of it's a terrain vulnerable to slips. For a few years, the neighborhood has been asking the administrations to allow a footbridge on this infrastructure. A lawsuit that appears to be nearer after repeated delays. Lately, the technicians of the Barcelona Metropolis Council carried out soundings to search out out the constructive components of the aqueduct to be able to draw up the chief venture for complete rehabilitation and make it satisfactory. Totally different choices have been assessed and the ultimate one is to position a construction on high of the monument itself. The forecast is that the venture shall be completed earlier than the summer season and the works shall be carried out within the subsequent time period, based on municipal sources.
In 2015, neighborhood insistence allowed the proposal to be included within the motion plan of the Nou Barris district, though it in the end didn't succeed. As a part of the pact of the municipal authorities of communes and socialists with ERC in 2011 to put money into proximity tasks within the districts, an merchandise of 40,000 euros was made obtainable to draft the venture.
Neighbors welcome the measure, though they're skeptical. "I did not imagine it till the metro arrived in Can Cuiàs. Nicely, the identical with the aqueduct walkway, and extra so now that the elections are coming!” feedback a neighbor who has lived in Can Cuiàs for greater than three many years. "The neighborhood is getting older and connectivity must be improved as a lot as attainable", says José Muñoz, 75 years previous and resident of Ciutat Meridiana. "Round right here you see many aged folks with purchasing carts who go from Ciutat Meridiana to the purchasing heart of Can Cuiàs," provides his spouse, Pilar.
Along with facilitating the mobility of residents between the 2 cities, the initiative goals to protect this heritage that dates again to the nineteenth century. "It's a heritage component that provides character, historic reminiscence and should be preserved. It's also very constructive to make the most of it as a bridge to unite the 2 neighborhoods. We would like the borders to not separate us and act as hinges", emphasizes the president of the territorial space of the Montcada i Reixac Metropolis Council, Jordi Sánchez. The councilor remembers that throughout the framework of the Besòs Consortium, different connection tasks between the 2 municipalities have been promoted, reminiscent of the development of the Camí Oristà. The 2 Councils have additionally requested the Metropolitan Space of Barcelona to take over the administration and upkeep of the Mirador de las Cultures, positioned on the small hill of Can Sant Joan, in order that it turns into a metropolitan park.
Graffiti has additionally taken over completely different areas of this monument. The constructing is a part of a significant venture, because the Vallès aqueduct is an set up that transported water to town after the Rec Comtal was inadequate to provide an increasing metropolis. The canalization had a size of about 18 kilometers and carried greater than 1,700 cubic kilometers of water from the Sec and Ripoll rivers and the Caldes creek. The works began in 1825, based on the venture of the municipal architect Josep Mas Vila, who was in control of making the neoclassical facade of the Barcelona Metropolis Council, as recorded in a list of the native architectural heritage service of the Provincial Council of Barcelona. The hydraulic infrastructure maintained its perform till the second half of the twentieth century, when it was overwhelmed by the wants of the inhabitants improve, and that's the reason the channelization of the Ter river started. The previous aqueduct stays ready for a brand new life.
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