Urbanization works in Barcelona public space, including streets, squares, parks and coating of carriageways
The first Comprehensive Plan for Urban Development (2004-2007) initiated a culture of urban maintenance that still prevails in Barcelona. The main characteristics of the plan were:
- Participatory Management
- Adaptability
- Economy of scale: comprehensive maintenance of key works in order to obtain better prices without prejudice to quality and safety
- Cost control improvements
- Experts review, quality and safety improvements
- Raising public awareness
- Environmental sustainability monitoring plan
TPF Getinsa Euroestudios (formerly Paymacotas) was awarded the contract for the second phase of the plan (2008-2011). The main services provided comprised:
- Pavements
- Upgrading of sidewalks
- Traffic signing and road marking
- Urban parks
- Traffic lights
- Fountains
- Improvements to the sewage network
- Escalators
- Accessibility
- Cleaning of graffiti and removal of posters
- Park infrastructures
- Undergrounding of the electrical network
- Street lights