Overview

• Neighborhood associations delivered 43,000 signatures to the Valencia City Council on May 27 advocating for a fully car-free green corridor along García Lorca Boulevard.
• The council has commissioned Kathryn Gustafson to update the boulevard’s design and mandated a nonbinding citizen consultation and a traffic simulation study to shape the final plan.
• The previous government’s 2021 masterplan envisioned a 49,000 m² green corridor without through traffic, a vision now contested by the PP–Vox leadership.
• City officials argue that limited vehicular lanes are necessary for emergency access and service vehicles within the new Parc Central development.
• The García Lorca Boulevard will sit atop a railway tunnel due for completion by 2028 and form part of a broader project including 4,000 new homes and expanded green spaces.