Maybe the neighbors don’t realize it yet, because the first steps of any work are signaling and commissioning the machines, but the burying of the A-5 will begin. officially on October 11. This was detailed by the delegate of the Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility sector, Borja Carabante, during the press conference which followed the Government meeting. The most serious traffic problems, he insisted, will be seen at the end of the year, even if the municipality has already announced its alternative mobility plan. A plan which will be adapted to the evolution of the work and which involves an increase in the metro, the EMT and new intercity stops. By road, although two lanes in each direction will still remain open to traffic, M-40 is proposed as the main alternative.
The town hall also requested the reinforcement of the C5 Cercanías line, but did not receive a response from the Ministry of Transport. However, this organization said today in a statement collected by Efe that it is working on a plan to increase 15% of the capacity of this line and up to 14,000 seats. “We don’t have an official statement beyond this ticker, but it would be good news, because a train can carry about 2,000 people,” Carabante insisted.
The delegate added that they are also working on the construction of dissuasive parking lots to encourage the use of public transport, beyond that of Aviación Española, which “only four years ago did not exist.”
By road
By road, the mobility plan offers several alternative routes to reach the M-30. Entry into Madrid, they detail, can be done via the A-5R and its connection with the M-40, which allows you to reach the M-30 north via the M-503 and the M-30 south via the A-42. Asked about the free A-5, The delegate of the area, Borja Carbante, stressed that the municipality has no power in the matter. “If we have not received a response on the Cercanías file…” he stressed.
The exit from Madrid, they add, can be done via the A-42 or Vía Lusitana and from there via the M-40 or even the General Ricardos exit to reach Avenida de los Poblados. For vehicles coming from the north of the M-30, the alternative route passes through the connection with the A-6, the M-40 and the A-5 until the Cuatro Vientos exit.
No more metro and buses
The EMT will improve by 7.3% the offer of the EMT lines directly affected by the work to maintain transport capacity: line 36 Atocha-Campamento, line 39 Plaza de España-San Ignacio and line 65 Benavente-Gran Capitán, as well as the alternative lines to the A-5 axis: line 17 Plaza Mayor-Parque Europa, line 34 Cibeles-Las Águilas and line 138 Cristo Rey-San Ignacio.
As for the metro, it will increase the service offer by up to 9% on lines 5 and 10 and will also improve the frequency of the ML3 tram line from Boadilla del Monte.
On the other hand, to facilitate the transit of intercity buses, Two connection points will be created, so that some lines will reach Príncipe Pío as before, and others will remain at Aviación Española and/or Cuatro Vientos, points connected to the metro and Cercanías.
The mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, will meet this Friday with the mayor of Móstoles to discuss the traffic problems that the underground works on the A-5 will cause. The delegate of the Urban Planning area, Borja Carabante, reached out to other mayors to jointly resolve the problems caused by this major project. “I am sure that the mayors, especially the socialists from the south, will help this municipality to encourage the ministry to improve the Cercanías,” he said.
“Total guarantee”
Regarding the protests of some neighborhood associations of Aluche, who wanted the first phase of the works, which will reach Pedro Piquer, to exceed the height of Avenida de los Poblados, Carabante stressed that these 700 meters are engaged in the Operation Camp and that they can have “the total guarantee” of the acquisition of these commitments. with the government of the nation. “In the future, the entire A-5 promenade will be buried,” he said.
