This is a much-anticipated measure by many residents of the Raval neighborhood. These days they have started the necessary preliminary work for the subsequent installation of the video surveillance cameras intended to restrict the circulation of private vehicles through the streets of the neighborhood. Sources from the Ciutat Vella district point out that in May the trenches will be ready that will allow this video surveillance system to be connected to the municipal network and also to install the same cameras in question. “It is one of the measures of a mobility plan, that of the Raval, designed to make the economic life and the quality of life of the residents compatible”, stressed the sources of the district.
More than a year ago, the government of Mayor Ada Colau gradually launched a mobility plan designed above all to make life easier for pedestrians, to make traveling on foot easier. One of the most prominent measures was the ban on private vehicle access for those who are not residents from seven to nine in the morning and from one in the afternoon to nine at night.
However, many residents of the neighborhood have been lamenting for months that in reality this rule became paper because the Barcelona City Council did not install the cameras planned to identify violators on the main entrances to the neighborhood. Apparently the Consistory assigned this task to the agents of the Urban Guard. The problem is that the day-to-day life of the municipal police on this side of the city is extremely complicated. They already have a lot of work. This mobility plan triggered many public controversies. Some find it excessively lax, while others understand that it should be more flexible. In any case, they all agree that the main problem is the lack of municipal force when it comes to enforcing it.
The eight points in the neighborhood where the control devices will be placed will be La Rambla, Drassanes Avenue and Gravina, Riera Alta, Cera, Nou de la Rambla, Montserrat and Tigre streets.
