Barça and the Barcelona City Council have presented this Friday the route designed for all those who want to attend the first team matches at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Montjuïc, the home of the blaugrana club until their return to the Spotify Camp Nou in the November 2024. The plan contemplates great mobility on foot, but also offers a transfer in two free shuttle buses, by funicular, by bicycle and even by scooter.
“The journey to the stadium will take between 10 and 20 minutes depending on the transport chosen. It is an effort by the entire club to offer the maximum facilities, comfort and well-being to all members. We want all fans to have a positive experience and enjoy a good game from a sustainable mobility”, explained in an act in the Auditori 1899 the director of the area of ??sustainability of the blaugrana entity, Jordi Portabella, about a Mobility Plan that has cost 5.9 million euros, of which which 3.3 have been paid by the club.
The hybrid shuttle buses, which will be accessed by showing the stadium ticket or season ticket, will be available from two hours before and up to an hour and a half after the match with a frequency of four minutes and will absorb a maximum of 4,400 people each hour. They will leave from Plaza España and from Calle Foc, where a car park with 2,000 spaces will also be set up for all citizens who have a ticket for the match. It will be one of the four car parks available in the area.
The funicular, which will continue to be paid, will have the capacity to transport up to 8,000 people every hour. In addition, the metro schedule will also be extended if necessary and two micro-taxi ranks will be set up. In general, all public transport will be reinforced before and after the matches, including regular bus lines.
On the other hand, private vehicle access, discouraged by both Barça and the City Council, will be much more restricted. The entry of cars will be prohibited three hours before the game and the green parking area of ??the adjoining neighborhoods will be exclusive for residents, a measure that seeks not to alter the lives of citizens residing in that area.
A car park for 3,500 motorcycles is contemplated between Doctor Font i Quer street and Passeig del Migdia, but only cars previously accredited by Barça will be able to access the Olympic Ring area by car. That is, those who have a parking space. However, for security reasons, the area closest to the stadium will only be accessible to 70 cars transporting people with reduced mobility. In addition, the club’s supporters’ clubs will have a car park with space for 70 coaches.
“The plan exceeds the 45,000-50,000 people who will attend the stadium at most. With all the possibilities we would have a reasonable load capacity in two hours. There will be no blockades unless everyone decides to go at the same time,” added Portabella, who hopes to transfer the mobility plan to the new Spotify Camp Nou. The club’s leader in this project also confirmed that the women’s first team matches will not be held at Montjuïc, an option that he had previously considered.
“The work has been intense enough so that from Tuesday the arrival of Barça will be placid”, explained Xavier Patón, manager of Mobility, Infrastructures and Urban Services of the City Council, in reference to the premiere culé in Montjuïc in the Joan Gamper Trophy against the Tottenham. “The presence of Barça will leave a legacy in the city,” added the representative of the council, alluding, among other things, to the new bike lane that will start from the Miramar area to the stadium, the route with the least slope, with a maximum of 10% unevenness, and the improvement of the escalators, which will be completely renovated in 2024.
The gardens and sidewalks will also be adapted, new traffic lights will be included and, above all, lighting will be improved, an aspect that will provide more security for citizens who come on foot following a specially marked itinerary to the stadium. Along these lines, the police forces of the Mossos d’Esquadra and the Urban Guard will also be reinforced, in addition to providing points of reference for people who have not felt safe or have been attacked in some way.
“We work so that there is civility, but we have a responsibility,” Patón insisted on this aspect and the cleaning, which will be reinforced after the games, a measure that is already habitual after other events in the stadium such as concerts. The Montjuïc mountain, which will be dyed with blaugrana on match days, will also be open on foot to any citizen unrelated to football.
