HAS José Luis Martinez-Almeida He has one week left to see how the underground work on the A-5, his big electoral promise, will begin. The works will cause traffic problems in the coming months, especially in the section that connects Avenida de Portugal and Padre Piquer.
Faced with this, the Town Hall will deploy a system with reinforcement from the EMT and the Metro. This Friday, the mayor asked the government of Pedro Sánchez to the Radial-5 toll highway is “free during peak hours” on weekdays.
“We must all mobilize to minimize the effects on traffic due to the burying works of the A5 and its transformation into Paseo Verde del Suroeste, a fundamental work for Madrid,” he defended through his account on the social network Twitter).
The R-5 highway crosses the municipality of Madrid (district of Carabanchel), Leganes, Fuenlabrada, Mostoles, Morality of the environment, Arroyomolinos And Navalcarnero. According to the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, “it brings important advantages in terms of speed, safety and comfort compared to traditional roads“.
“It is an unbeatable connection between the southwest area of Madrid (A-5) and the south area (M-40) from avoids the frequent traffic jams that occur inside the M-50“, details the Department headed by Óscar Puente.
We demand that the Spanish Government make the R5 radial free on weekdays and peak hours, as well as the strengthening of the C5 Cercanías line and that there be no delays.
We must all mobilize to minimize the effects on traffic due to burying works on the A5 and…
– José Luis Martínez-Almeida (@AlmeidaPP_) October 4, 2024
On Thursday, the municipal council presented its mobility plan and included the toll highway and its connection with M-40 as one of the alternative routessince it allows you to reach the M-30 north via the M-503, as well as the M-30 south following the A-42.
The purpose of the device is minimize the impact of the work. In any case, at the most impactful times, two lanes in each direction will be maintained on the A-5. Strengthening EMT bus lines will be 7.3%. There will also be more frequencies on metro lines 5 and 10 and on the ML3 tram from Boadilla del Monte.
From Renfe they also reported a project of strengthen the Cercanías C5 line with an increase in service of more than 15% and 14,000 seats, according to Europa Press. In any case, the delegate for Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility, Borja Carabanteinsisted on Thursday that the national railway company had not informed the municipality.
Despite the information from the aforementioned press agency, the Town Hall insisted this Friday on the fact that There is still no response from Cercanías.
“Cercanías must help with this mobility. So far we have not received a response, but we understand that she is working on it”said Madrid Vice Mayor Inma Sanz in statements to the media.
“Cercanías has a much greater passenger capacity than other means of transport and covers longer journeys, so it is essential that there is an increase in frequency and this assistance,” he said. added.
