In the comparison between what is now the PAI del Grao and what the Valencia City Council projects, the view shoots up to that great gray spot that now, disabled and its access closed, was formerly the celebrated Formula One circuit of Valencia, our particular Monaco Grand Prix.
The councilor and deputy mayor Sandra Gómez presented this Monday the definitive design of the PAI del Grau, which has been designed by the architects office of José María Tomás on behalf of the Valencia City Council, in a simulation -always colorful- that dyes the space of this renewed maritime area.
Sandra Gómez explained that this project generates a new green delta and is committed to an extension through a bio-healthy circuit. “We won 193,000 square meters of green areas, there are plots of 45,000 meters in total for endowments and public services (schools, cleavages, cultural centers, social services, etc.) and 3,000 homes are planned, of which 750 will be public,” he listed. she.
In summary, the project unlocks the area of ??the Maritime Towns, undertakes the integration of Natzaret and Las Moreras, both in the old channel and in the district of the Maritime Towns, and links it with the Marina with Valencia, the city’s innovation pole .
The deputy mayor anticipates that, in two years, this PAI del Grau could be up and running. In it, the old Formula One circuit is replaced by a bio-healthy circuit, integrated into the green delta, which provides spaces for pedestrians, bike lanes and personal mobility vehicles and a circuit “for runners”, important feminization because the project has included the gender perspective in its development.
Another aspect to note is that the extension of the Alameda de València -as it passes through the roundabout next to the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències- will not have access for private vehicles, in addition to the fact that the design foresees the undergrounding of the train and the construction of a new bridge at the height of the main street of Natzaret.
The City Council emphasizes that private free spaces will not be created and the fragmentation of uses is opted for, with homes, commercial spaces, public areas and green areas, “one of the aspects that the city is gaining the most”, as the vice mayor pointed out yesterday. The environmental impact study is expected to be carried out this summer.
