It is the most anticipated building project in Madrid and is already underway. The Minister of Development, Ana Pastor, President of the Community of Madrid, Ignacio Gonzalez, the mayor of the capial, Ana Botella, and the president of BBVA, Francisco González, today announced the final green light to the development of Operation Chamartín.
He renamed Castellana North District, is about an operation to four bands between Central Executive, Community and City Council of Madrid, and Duch, a company owned by BBVA and San Jose, addressed to regenerate an area north of the capital particularly depressed, with a great location but not just connections, few green areas and develop some remaining pockets of urban links.
This project, considered the most important of the capital, will create 120,000 jobs, direct and indirect, in the next 20 years, will revive the extension of Paseo de la Castellana along 3.7 kilometers, and include the partial covering pathways Chamartin station. This ambitious plan been on the table since 1993, but its administrative complexity, which included reviews of the Partial Plan, among other things, has led to delayed more than 20 years.