Sea Gateways – El Poblenou
The main objective of the Sea Gateways projects is to improve accessibility and connection to the sea on foot and by bicycle, to create spaces for sea-city interrelation through the main vertebral thoroughfares and secondary transversal corridors capable of linking the spaces of the city with the spaces of the coast, and proposing, if necessary, a new arrangement of the open spaces that facilitates physical and visual access to the sea.
The urban fabric of Barcelona, from Montjuïc to Besòs, is characterised by streets that go all the way to the seafront, although there is only a continuity of road traffic, as the ring road and railway lines act as a barrier. There is a lack of transversal links (mountain-sea) that connect the city to the coast, on foot and by bike. The main theme is to give continuity and fluidity to the “vertical” routes with the “horizontal” routes of the coastal corridor, addressing above all the crossroads and the points of contact and intersection between the two routes. It is a case of making the public space for movement and relaxation as continuous and easily accessible as possible. The rationale of these projects is to physically determine and signpost the routes of public spaces, accessible on foot or by bicycle, that lead from the city to the sea and vice versa.
The main objective of the Poblenou Sea Gateway project is to improve the pedestrian and bicycle connection between the Rambla del Poblenou thoroughfare and the Passeig Marítim, and to reinforce the Bilbao thoroughfare and Carrer del Ferrocarril as alternatives for decongesting the Rambla and increasing the Poblenou neighbourhood’s connectivity with the sea. Promoting the Carrer de Bilbao thoroughfare is particularly important to strengthen the connection with the metro and to reduce the use of private vehicles to get to the beaches of Bogatell and Mar Bella.
