ACCIONA and its partners today celebrated the inauguration of the section of the Barcelona ring road (B40) between Olesa de Montserrat-Viladecavalls in a ceremony attended by the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility built with a budget of 260 million euros - is the middle of the three sections into which the Abrera-Terrassa corridor has been divided running between the eastern bank of the River Llobregat and the C-16 toll highway crossing the Ribes mountain range by means of a tunnel which is the most characteristic element of the project The opening of this more than six-kilometer-long section consisting of two independent 3.5-meter-wide lanes with 2.5-meter external shoulders and 1.5-meter internal shoulders will link the town of Abrera with Terrassa and contribute to the reorganization of the area’s roads through four interchanges In addition to the presence of the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility and other authorities the inauguration ceremony was attended by several representatives of the construction joint venture ACCIONA’s Construction business director for Eastern Spain I accept Information on data protection In compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on Data Protection and with other Data Protection regulations in force you are hereby informed that your personal data shall be processed by Acciona whose identification data are as follows: Tax ID No (NIF): A08001851; Address: Avenida de la Gran Vía de Hortaleza No.: +34 91 663 28 50; email: protecciondedatos@acciona.com Your data shall be processed in order to send you information through the subscription to our Newsletter through electronic means activities and news pertinent to our activity sectors The consent given by the data subject by indicating that they have read and accept this data protection information comprises the lawfulness of processing the subscription Request cannot be satisfied We may also process your satisfaction or preferences Data shall be stored until the elimination is requested we may give access to your data to service providers (such as technology service providers) who assist us in fulfilling this purpose may be located outside of the European Economic Area in territories that do not offer a level of data protection that is comparable to that of the European Union we transfer User data with appropriate safeguards and always ensuring the security of the same The data subject can exercise their rights of access to or rectification and/or the restriction of or objection to the processing of such data by writing the Department of Data Protection located at Avenida de la Gran Vía de Hortaleza 28033 (Madrid) or by sending the form available in the link: FORM If we consider it necessary in order to be able to identify you, we may ask you for a copy of an identity document. Furthermore, at any time the data subject may withdraw the granted consent by contacting the aforementioned address and file a claim to the Supervisory Authority (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos www.aepd.es) You can also unsubscribe from the Newsletter communication For any further information you can visit the Privacy Police on the website https://www.acciona.com/privacy-policy/ First published: February 16, 2024 03:26 PM A new section of the B-40 ring road around Barcelona was opened on Friday, with the first vehicles driving on it from noon. The new 6km stretch of motorway has three lanes in each direction and connects Olesa de Montserrat with Viladecavalls, and is now open after 17 years of construction.  Spain's minister of transport, Óscar Puente, opened the new route and announced an agreement between the Spanish and Catalan governments to continue expanding the highway from Terrassa to Sabadell. However, no deadline has been set for such works, as the minister warned that it is necessary to find the right fit between a high-capacity road and an urban patrol model. An investment of €293 million was given by the transport ministry to finish the project between Olesa de Montserrat and Viladecavalls.  "It was necessary to connect the two counties Vallès Occidental and Baix Llobregat, the industrial engine of Catalonia, with a road on which we estimate that around 43,000 vehicles will pass daily, with 20% of heavy traffic," Puente explained.  This, he claims, will mean a reduction of 28,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in the first year, given that it will shorten journey times. "To go from Sabadell to Bruc, the journey will be cut by 13 kilometers and 10 minutes," he said, adding "they will undoubtedly do so in a much safer manner." Works on the B-40 road have suffered numerous delays over the years, caused in part by some economic crises that meant postponing parts of the project. The biggest issue came in 2019 after slips in the work resulting from heavy rains were detected. Authorities looked into several alternatives before it was decided to create three viaducts and to reinforce different points with steel braces. It took three years for construction to resume after this.  Plans for the B-40 road in its entirety do not stop here. The next phase is to connect Terrassa and Sabadell, a section known as Ronda Nord.  Some political parties, such as the governing Catalan party Esquerra Republicana, have voiced their opposition to the extension of the motorway, while others, such as the Socialists, believe the works should go even further, to Granollers.  This Friday, however, Óscar Puente confirmed the pre-agreement with the Catalan government, controlled by Esquerra, to continue with the Terrassa-Sabadell section. "The transport ministry will contribute around €200 million and the Catalan government will draw up the project," he explained. The road, however, will be owned by the Spanish administration. Get the day's biggest stories right to your phone 70 third-year civil engineering students from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology visited several projects that ACCIONA is currently carrying out in Catalonia and that are nearing completion The students were given a guided tour of three ongoing projects: the Sant Feliu de Llobregat tunnel the B-40 ring road and the La Sagrera high-speed rail line where they learned about the main challenges and solutions applied in each of them to learn about the company’s work at an international level The Norwegian University of Science and Technology is the largest and most prestigious university in Norway with its main campus in Trondheim and two others in Gjøvik and Ålesund ACCIONA has maintained a close relationship with this institution for many years with the aim of offering its students a professional future to its students and attracting the best talent to its organization Railway integration in Sant Feliu de Llobregat The project consists of the construction of a subway railway line between the towns of Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Sant Joan Despí This action will improve the connectivity and quality of life of the citizens who currently have a railway line that crosses the urban core of the city of Sant Feliu de Llobregat The construction of this new line will involve a total of 2,980 meters of work: more than 900 meters of false tunnel between screens and more than 630 meters of tunnel in the mine ACCIONA and its partners are building the 6.1-kilometer section between Olesa de Montserrat and Viladecavalls The section - consisting of three lanes of 3.5 meters each with external shoulders of 2.5 meters and internal shoulders of 1.5 meters and a tunnel of 1.3 kilometers - will allow the reorganization of the roads in the area through four interchanges The station is located between the Bac de Roda bridge and the Treball bridge conventional line railway installations (more than four kilometers in total) The station will be a semi-underground building with a surface area of 260,000 m2 distributed over three levels The upper level will be a walkable green roof that will serve as a meeting point for the neighborhoods of Sant Martí and Sagrera La Sagrera-TAV station will thus become a large intermodal hub designed to handle more than 100 million people a year Annual theatrical renditions of religious story in two Catalan towns run up to May 1 ACN | Esparreguera The towns of Olesa de Monstserrat and Esparreguera may not be well known outside of Catalonia but every year they hold an event putting them on the map in the country Both towns are famous for their renditions of the Passion of Jesus Christ the final period in the life of the so-called son of God before his crucifixion On Sunday the curtain went off kicking off the season of plays and events related to be biblical tale and this year there are some changes in store a bigger female presence is just one of the highlights stated that this means “not being so rigorous with the text.” and new technical aspects in order to have a more agile final work with less or no interruptions between scenes keeping a rhythm closer to cinema than theatre The Passion of Esparreguera has been going on for 400 years This year the local music school will be in charge of the soundtrack