During the next term, it will receive an influx of residents as new developments are completed. It will also be a unique intervention, as attempts are being made to interweave it with economic activity, urban greenery, facilities, and connections that will give it a prominence unimaginable just a couple of decades ago. Long-time residents, accustomed to neglect, view the process with a mix of excitement and demands. "We need commerce, urgent investment in facilities," they emphasise. This last quota is also fundamental for the territory to bring together new residents of different profiles, incomes, and ages, highlights the district councillor, Marc Serra, reflecting on the post-pandemic sprint and foreseeing that the 2023-2027 mandate will be one of visualising the great transformation and "filling it with life"; and the next, consolidating the neighbourhood's machinery. Four years ago, it was estimated that the complete process to address its 75 hectares (like 40 Eixample blocks) would span 16 years. The 2023-2027 municipal mandate in Sants-Montjuïc will be characterised by other strategic interventions such as the reform of Sants station and the redevelopment of its surroundings. Also by new advances in the transformation of the Can Batlló area and the intervention in Magòria, where 60 million will be invested in sports, endowment, and green facilities (city council), as well as healthcare (Government). Furthermore, the MPGM of Fira 1 will be developed, where flats, facilities, and new public spaces are projected. And within the framework of the Zona Franca, the participatory process on the reform of its central promenade has just concluded, for which more pavements and greenery are requested, a complex challenge that must be balanced with the mobility required for access to the neighbourhood, Fira 2, and the companies in the area. But the objective is for it to "stop" being an urban motorway and to humanise it in phases, as happened with Meridiana, notes Serra.

Cranes and machinery in the area (some even operating on Saturdays), buildings under construction, and the wide array of new-build housing in the neighbourhood, prominently displayed on major property portals, form the most visible aspect of the mutation in residential terms. The key is the public-private mix. As the city council had already announced when it approved a new Modification of the Metropolitan General Plan (MPGM) and a new Special Infrastructure Plan (PEI) in 2019, some 5,160 flats will be protected, meaning La Marina del Prat Vermell will have the largest concentration of protected housing of any kind in the entire city. Of these, almost half will be part of the municipal housing stock. Additionally, there will be 1,086 endowed accommodations for groups facing emancipation difficulties, without forgetting the 5,700 private homes. The crisis of the commercial model turns Ciutat Vella into a pressure cooker. The main challenge of the Eixample. Pollution. Barcelona's 'new' Marina del Prat Vermell will gain over a thousand residents within a year. The unresolved deathtrap of Camp Nou: "It takes us up to two hours to get home when there's a match." The reform of the upper section of Balmes jumps terms without clarifying if it will be one-way. Vallcarca, Barcelona's "hole" that the next municipal government must solve. The covering of the Ronda de Dalt; the urbanistic challenge of the next mandate in Barcelona. The last section of Meridiana, Barcelona's most difficult pacification. Barcelona's Central Park, without a date and in the wake of the Sagrera macro-station. Trapped without a lift in the poorest streets of BCN: hundreds of homes in Besòs can no longer wait. [Collboni champions the "competitiveness" of southern European cities to attract investment amid "global upheaval"](https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barcelona/20260618/collboni-alcaldes-foro-economico-y-social-del-mediterraneo-competitividad-sur-europa-convulsion-global-131529626 "Collboni champions the \"competitiveness\" of southern European cities to attract investment amid \"global upheaval\"")

[Interurban bus users must also validate their T-Mobilitat when getting off](https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barcelona/20260618/usuarios-autobus-interurbano-deberan-validar-t-mobilitat-tambien-al-bajar-131545282 "Interurban bus users must also validate their T-Mobilitat when getting off") [Salut begins construction work on the longed-for fifth CAP in Sant Boi](https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barcelona/20260618/salut-inicia-obras-construccion-ansiado-quinto-cap-sant-boi-131563048 "Salut begins construction work on the longed-for fifth CAP in Sant Boi") [Arrested in Barcelona after attempting to squat in a deceased woman's flat and stealing 1,500 euros](https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barcelona/20260618/detenido-ciutat-vella-okupa-piso-fallecida-robo-1500-euros-131561962 "Arrested in Barcelona after attempting to squat in a deceased woman's flat and stealing 1."

The price for sanitary ware installation in La Marina del Prat Vermell usually ranges from 58 to 540 euros. The final amount depends on the property's condition, materials, and labour time. We always provide a fixed quote before starting any work. [Unions denounce "possible reprisals" against teachers in public institutes in L'Hospitalet for joining strikes](https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barcelona/20260618/sindicatos-denuncian-posibles-represalias-profesores-131571710 "Unions denounce \"possible reprisals\" against teachers in public institutes in L'Hospitalet for joining strikes") [Castelldefels will present a project for Vista Alegre and Can Vinader in the second call for the Government's Neighborhood Plan](https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barcelona/20260618/castelldefels-presentara-proyecto-vista-alegre-can-vinader-segunda-convocatoria-pla-barris-govern-131565111 "Castelldefels will present a project for Vista Alegre and Can Vinader in the second call for the Government's Neighborhood Plan")