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The SER changes parking in Opañel and expands through Carabanchel
Opañel launched the Servicio de Estacionamiento Regulado with 2,760 spaces and San Isidro added another 401. Across the Carabanchel expansion, 2,979 are green and 182 are blue.
Of the 3,161 parking spaces added to the SER in Carabanchel, 2,979 are green and 182 are blue. The allocation reserves 94% for residents and assigns 6% for short-term parking.
The Ayuntamiento de Madrid activated the service for the first time in Opañel, with 2,760 regulated spaces. The expansion also reached San Isidro, where 401 parking spaces were added.
In Opañel, the area is bounded by the streets of Oporto, Antonio Leyva y General Ricardos, as well as Mercedes Arteaga y Portalegre. In the second phase in San Isidro, the boundaries are the paseo de San Illán, Puente de Toledo, General Ricardos y Comuneros de Castilla.
Residents registered in both neighbourhoods could apply for resident parking permits from 5 October. During the first week of that month, the Ayuntamiento de Madrid launched an information campaign with emails and SMS; posters were also distributed to residents' communities and leaflets were handed out.
Information about the permit was available at www.madrid.es/ser and via the 010 phone number. It could also be consulted at Línea Madrid citizen service offices or at the Oficina Especializada on calle Bustamante, 16.
Article 57 of the Ordenanza de Movilidad Sostenible provides for the extension of the SER in neighbourhoods. To do so, it requires the approval of the relevant Junta de Distrito after consulting affected residents and associations. In Carabanchel, the public consultation lasted 15 days from 27 April. The result was favourable.