The mayor Judith Piquet visited the mobility and accessibility improvement works on the school zone of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester street, in Alcalá de Henares. The works, carried out during the summer to minimize traffic disruptions, involved an investment of approximately 360,000 euros, as part of the Alcalá mejora sus barrios Plan.
Piquet emphasized that the main objective of the intervention was to improve road safety and accessibility for both pedestrians and drivers, as well as to renew the pavement, which was significantly deteriorated. With this action, the City Council reaffirms its commitment to modernizing the municipal road network and enhancing the quality of public space.
The mayor highlighted the legislature's commitment to urban transformation across all city neighborhoods, addressing the needs accumulated after years of neglect and working to improve as many streets as possible.
The project included repairing the most deteriorated sections of the road surface and renewing the asphalt, ensuring more comfortable and safer circulation. Following the asphalting, road markings and parking spaces have been repainted. In the vicinity of the Hemingway school, new horizontal signs have been installed before pedestrian crossings to encourage drivers to reduce speed, thereby reinforcing the safety of schoolchildren and their families.
The project also features sidewalk extensions at two points in front of the school, improving visibility between pedestrians and drivers, shortening crossing distances, and making pedestrian crossings more accessible. Furthermore, part of the street's signage has been renewed, adapting it to the new street layout, and the water collection system will be adjusted to ensure better drainage.
