Connect Congost Natura 2025. Renaturalization of the river and Congost park and updating of the green infrastructure of Granollers through the implementation of superblocks (CoCoNat25).
PRTR Call for Proposals Project
This project has been conceived with the aim of multiplying the urban green infrastructure through the renaturation of the Congost river, eliminating the artificial encasing of its course and reintroducing its natural habitat to promote ecological quality in the intervened river section. At the same time, action is being taken in the Congost Urban Park, removing an asphalted road that runs parallel to the river and favouring the connection and synergies between both spaces.
Line of action:
Urban environmentsStatus:
En ejecuciónLocation:
Granollers, Barcelona (Catalonia)Geographic scope:
EspañaExecution date:
2022End date:
2025Duration:
01/09/2022 - 31/12/2025Urban and Territorial Ecology Foundation (FEUT)
Granollers City Council has a Green Infrastructure Plan that has a good distribution of parks and gardens but the current model of mobility and public space prevents the green connection between them. Currently, 87% of the public road space in Granollers is used for mobility, especially motorized mobility. It is an almost exclusive use that limits other uses in general and, in particular, uses related to urban greenery.
On the other hand, the Congost river crosses Granollers being the backbone of the green infrastructure of the municipality. After the severe floods of 1962, the river was channelized and the watercourse was boxed in, drastically reducing its meandering and biodiversity. The proposal to update the Green Infrastructure Plan is the result of the confluence of the current Green Infrastructure System of Granollers.
Based on a complete diagnosis of the urban system, a network of urban green connectors will be created that will improve the habitability of urban public space, reducing pollution and noise. Likewise, a superblock is proposed as a pilot in the Primer de Maig neighbourhood where interior traffic will be reduced, freeing up ample space available for renaturation that will improve the habitability of public space and its adaptation to climate change.
- River release of the Congost River in its urban section.
- Naturalization of Congost Park and the surrounding river promenade.
- Creation of superblocks in the Primer de Maig neighborhood.
- Naturalization of urban connectors.
Connect Congost Natura 2025. Renaturalization of the river and Congost park and updating of the green infrastructure of Granollers through the implementation of superblocks (CoCoNat25).
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