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Les Corts y Esplugues to coordinate five major urban transformations
Les Corts y Esplugues will set up a joint commission to coordinate changes along their borders. The agenda includes five areas of transformation and around 6,000 planned homes, half of which will be public.
Entre Esplugues de Llobregat y Les Corts have a combined population of over 130,000 and cover 1,062 hectares. The transient population within their boundaries is also significant: in the area around the Diagonal, Finestrelles, and Zona Universitària, this is expected to increase in the near future.
To address changes along this urban border, Barcelona and Esplugues will set up a joint commission. This will be the third agreement of its kind: previous pacts were signed with L’Hospitalet de Llobregat and with Sant Adrià de Besòs.
Almost 6,000 homes in five areas
The commission will deal with issues affecting daily life in the area, from sustainable mobility to connections with natural spaces. It will also address the management of urban edges, local facilities, and the quality of public spaces, among other matters.
This work will coincide with the transformation of five areas: Área Residencial Estratègia Montesa, Finestrelles, the Ecobarrio de los Torrents, the urban development plan Porta Diagonal - Campus Clínic, and Colònia Castells. In total, nearly 6,000 new homes are planned; half will be publicly owned.
Campus Clínic and Porta Diagonal cross municipal boundaries
The future Campus Clínic will cover more than 9 hectares and will have 300,000 square metres of floor space for hospital and teaching uses. It will also include areas dedicated to research.
The Porta Diagonal project covers around 60 hectares. It stretches between Barcelona and Esplugues, and also reaches L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.
In Gavà, another urban intervention is underway, separate from these projects: the demolition of the old abandoned Barnasud petrol station, as detailed in the information about Barnasud.