Humanizing AP-9's entry into the city It will not only reduce noise levels in the urban environment Facilitating pedestrian movement between both sides of the highway, but it will also benefit the green road, which will gain natural and recreational space at different points along this road that has just been recognized as a blue path.
In addition to renovating the surroundings of Halo and Vialia With new arrivals and items from Vertical Vigo Similar to the Halito elevator, the project that the city council and the Ministry of Transportation want to implement raises the possibility of covering the highway in three sections. The project takes as reference the urban master plan of the Barcelona region, which contemplates the transformation of roads into streets, avenues or squares with the integration of landscape and infrastructure. Some measures that will also accompany the planning of the greenway that follows the old train line, providing it with more pedestrian space in its surroundings.
In the case of Kotada, a street very close to Travisia Shopping Centre It is planned to expand the street bridge over the highway and the greenway itself, so that in addition to vehicular traffic, there is more space allocated for pedestrians, landscaping and street furniture. A proposal similar to that proposed in Camiño de A Trapa, which also connects directly to the track, where the cross-road would be improved and widened for road traffic, but green areas would also be gained.
However, the main action planned will be in the A Xorxa area, where Vía Verde flies over the highway. The humanization project plans a wide coverage from the cement pergola above the existing AP-9 in this area to the existing walkway, creating a large green and recreational space adjacent to the greenway.
In total, an area of 4 hectares will be acquired for humanization highway environment, It is located directly next to this pedestrian and cycling path that covers 4 kilometers from its exit in Vialha to the municipal border of Vigo with Chappela.
Conselo and the government consider the measure “necessary”
After more than 45 years of operation of this toll infrastructure, Council and government They state in the document that came out of the technical committee between the two departments that “coordinated work is necessary” to repair the urban section of the highway, although the initiative is still in its initial stages.
Among the “urban transformation” actions implemented so far in the area that stand out because they have helped to humanize this space, they specifically cite the implementation of the Vía Verde through discontent. From the old railway linewhich “allowed the agreement to transfer the use of these lands to the Council of Vigo for the construction of a road extending, for a large part of its course, parallel to or close to to AP-9″. The greenway, along with the new Halo elevator, were then identified as measures that would help “resolve part of the fracture created by the highway in the city”, with the aim of improving mobility in the area.
