Barcelona will renovate the pavement of the Boqueria market

The Barcelona City Council will renovate the pavement of the Boqueria market starting in January 2023, with an investment of 1.4 million euros. The works are expected to last ten weeks and will partially alter the normal functioning of the market, the most touristy in the city, sincean area of 3,600 square meters of land will be acted uponThe works will act on the pavement of this market, which is deteriorated and has cracks and irregularities on the surface. To solve the situation,a unique four-centimeter thick pavement in black and ivory tones will be laid.The works also include auxiliary tasks for relocating different elements of the market and signaling temporary occupation spaces, and will be completed with the installation ofpigeon control systems, bearing in mind that these birds install their nests and defecate on the stalls, customers and aisles, becoming a big problem for the stallholders. This last action has a tender budget of around 661,000 euros and has an estimated execution period of ten months.

Likewise, the most popular market with 180 years of history and internationally known has already been subject to previous actions to adapt to new tourist and consumption contexts. Until now, the City Council has invested in the reform of the sanitation network and improvement of the sewerage system, with an outlay of 500,000 euros; the construction and commissioning of the Gastronomic Classroom, with a budget of around 250,000 euros, and the renovation of the lighting for the installation of LED lights, for around 250,000 euros.

The decision of the Barcelona city council is part of a global maintenance works plan for the entire network of 43 municipal markets in the city, which has been devised by the Municipal Institute of Markets of Barcelona (IMMB) to update the facilities of the municipal network and which will soon be put out to public tender.Some improvements have been executed in recent years.This second budget item is for more than 3 million eurosand the planned works will be allocated to the painting of interior walls and locksmith improvements, mainly of its buildings, with special attention to the parking areas and to the logistics and sales floor areas.