Madrid Rio Project

The Madrid Rio Project will give a great linear park from El Pardo to Getafe, which includes a new beach near to El Matadero. This Special plan, that affects 8,200,000 square meters along six districts: Moncloa, Centro, Arganzuela, Latina, Carabanchel and Usera.

The project is developed around five main axes: The river redevelopment, The Pine Park, the growing and creation of green zones, the fun and sports axis, and the urban planning of the zone.

-River redevelopment:

The banks will be adapted for dams’ recuperation, enlarging them in some places, for the river cleaning. The Manzanares water quality, once finalised the building of 13 new kilometres of pipes, 27 storms tanks and the improving of the sewage plants, will allow the creation of a beach near El Matadero.

To avoid the river to be a new barrier, 23 pedestrian bridges will be built, specially between Vicente Calderón Stadium and Praga’s bridge, connecting the beach, the Arganzuela Park, and the cultural venues of El Matadero and Fruit Market with the Pine Park. As well, other historical bridges will be recovered.

-Pine Park and new green zones
A 6 km long and 25 m wide green walk in the western bank will form the Pine Park, where will be a bicycle lane, children zones, spaces for elders and a lot of gazebos and covered terraces.

The project includes more than 3,200,000 square meters of green zones, so the current surface will be increased in 213.000 square meters and 26,263 new trees will be planted.

-The fun, sports and cultural axis:
Madrid Rio itineraries will sum 42 km and include 11 new children playing zones, 6 spaces for elders, 30 km of bicycle lane, and 253,601 square meters for sports use, with 43 new courts and a new dock for paddle sailing, as well as the cultural venues of El Matadero and the Fruit market.

As last, the project includes the zone urban planning, specially for the streets that finalise in the river, to give them continuity, increase the areas for walking, open streets and renovate urban furniture, giving 250,000 square meters of new cultural, health and social venues, and 9 garages for residents with 4,303 park places, and promoting the redevelopment to beautify the buildings.

Once the Special Plan is approved, that was redacted by an architect team with Ginés Garrido in the lead; a period for public information will be opened for two months, from February to April. After the definitive approval, the project will be adjudicated and executed between 2009 and 2010.