Turn the M30 into a green wall. That is the purpose of the Madrid City Council.Announcing the ‘Calle 30 Natura’ project, a performance for Cover the concrete walls of the M-30 with large linear vertical gardens. As mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida explains, this intervention aims to boost the city’s green infrastructure to help improve air quality and adapt the capital city to climate change.
“For the revitalization and renewal of a symbolic road like the M-30, this project will allow us to improve our sustainability policies”In the presentation of the initiative, Almeida emphasized that its aim is to “align the growth of the city with the improvement of our quality of life and air quality”.
The mayor insisted that “this intervention is not only an aesthetic improvement, but also an environmental improvement”, as “we can take more effective measures to reduce pollution” thanks to sensors to be installed on vertical walls.
Calle 30 Natura one An investment of 30 million euros, which will be developed in stages. Initially, a pilot project with a budget of €3.8m including VAT will be carried out, starting this week. The chosen residential area is the area of Avenida de la Ilustración. It will be in the 400-metre-long walls of the M-30, located between the Mariano Salvador Maella roundabout and the New Zealand junction, where this new green mass will be implanted.
Madrid City Council will begin the second phase of Calle 30 Natura in 2024. vegetation of 100,000 square meters of concrete on the ring road. This initiative goes through the environmental improvement of the road, but it also advances visually as the green stain that will gain ground on the highway will put an end to the vandal graffiti that tarnish the image of the municipality.
pollution sensors
In vertical gardens, pollution sensors will be installed that will let the panels know what pollutant capture is, especially for people who live nearby or use the surroundings on foot.
An easily accessible folding panel system has been designed to access structures for inspection and maintenance.
For the installation of vertical gardens Functional vegetation types will be used. It will be extremely durable, have low water consumption and be suitable for environmental conditions.
The vegetable screens will have an automatic irrigation and monitoring system to know the condition of the gardens in real time and to keep the vegetation in optimum condition.
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