The high noise levels endured by the residents of the Bernabéu during the macro-concerts are their main torment, but not the only one. To improve the mobility of the residents of the area, especially on days when events take place at the stadium, the City Council has allowed the creation of 286 new parking spaces for residents of the Hispanoamérica and El Viso neighborhoods. Thus, the area of Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility has become 181 blue seats of the Regulated Parking Service (SER) in green in the Hispanoamérica neighborhood and 105 in El Viso.
The conversion works, which They started at the end of July and ended yesterdaywill allow residents of the Hispanoamérica neighborhood to have 18 new priority use reservations on Calle del Doctor Fleming, 41 on Paseo de la Habana, 77 on Calle de la Infanta María Teresa and 27 on Herreros de Tejada. For their part, residents of El Viso will have 60 new parking spaces also on Paseo de la Habana, between Paseo de la Castellana and Plaza de Sagrados Corazones and 45 in Serrano, between Segre and Tormes (21 in odd and 24 in even).
Status of the new
green squares in the
surroundings
from the stadium
Santiago Bernabeu
Number of places
residents of each street
Stadium
Saint-Jacques
Bernabeu
Square of
the sacred
hearts
Hospital
University
Saint Raphael
Square of
the sacred
hearts
Source: Madrid City Council
P.SÁNCHEZ./ABC
Location of the new green spaces
near
from the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Number of resident spaces per street
Stadium
Saint-Jacques
Bernabeu
Hospital
University
Saint Raphael
Square of
the sacred
hearts
Source: Madrid City Council
P.SÁNCHEZ./ABC
Thus, they point out from the urban planning area, parking spaces for residents already represent 87.6% of total reserves in Latin America (5,383 out of 6,144 places) and 84.5% in El Viso (4,596 out of a total of 5,437).
These works are part, they add from the delegated territory, of the commitment adopted on July 23 by the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, to give priority to parking on public roads to the residents of the Chamartín neighborhood, who also complain about the mobility problems and overcrowding that these massive events cause.
Enrique Martínez de Azagra, president of the Neighborhood Association of the Injured of the Bernabéu, considers that this measure is, in a way, a “replacement of part of the residential spaces that were destroyed with the work on the car parks near the stadium”. “However, insists this spokesperson for the residents, this does not alleviate “the underlying problem” posed by these macro-events, especially in violation of the noise law, “something against which we intend to continue fighting”.
Around with the noise
During Taylor Swift’s two concerts at the Bernabéu, the first of the major events that tested the stadium’s soundproofing, the municipal police issued twenty proposals for sanctions – up to 40,000 euros fine Developers will have to pay – to exceed the limits set by municipal regulations. As established by the municipal council’s ordinance for protection against acoustic and thermal pollution, the permitted noise threshold is 63 decibels during the day and 53 at night.
Redevelopment work on the square
To appease the many complaints from the neighbors, Real Madrid called them to a meeting to calm things down and ask for patience during the six months it will take to execute the soundproofing plan which, as the ABC detailed at the end of June, includes, among other things, “improving the insulation of open spaces, including the ‘skywalk’ – the highest passage -, the fourth amphitheater and the vomitoria in the background. In addition to seals these “cracks”, Event organizers must send detailed information in advance on the “technical-acoustic conditions”: stage location and sound equipment, among other aspects. Likewise, the club has committed to not organizing more than twenty “extraordinary events” per year.
Residents, who view the project with some skepticism, regret that despite everything, “people’s rights and health continue to be harmed.” “Some brilliant minds thought that organizing this type of massive event could be very good economically, but that cannot be the case. to the detriment of health of others,” concludes Martinez de Azagra.
