Barcelona City Council has started work on improving street lighting in various sections of some of the main thoroughfares in the Eixample district. Lighting will be renewed in different sections of C/ Diputació, C/ Manso, C/ València, C/ Comte Borrell and the Gran Via. The total budget for the work is 1.87 million euros.

The projects follow criteria set out on the Master Plan for Lighting in Barcelona and form part of a series of actions focusing on energy in the city. The work means renewing existing lighting, enhancing light along pavements and improving energy efficiency levels by using LEDs and functional optimisation.

Work is already under way in C/ València and C/ Comte Borrell and this week work should begin in C/ Manso and C/ Diputació. Around the second week of May, work will begin in the Gran Via.

Street lights will be renewed in C/ Manso between Av. Paral·lel and C/ Comte Borrell. The total budget for this 475 metre section is 370,103.36 euros, with work to include improved lighting for pavements on both sides and due to be completed in July. The fourth project corresponds to C/ Diputació and covers two sections with a combined length of 847 metres. The first is between C/ Arribau and Pg. de Gràcia, and the second is between Pg. de Gràcia and C/ Pau Claris. The budget for this project is 456,064.17 euros and work is due to be completed after the summer.

The final project involves work in the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes and entails renewed lighting on the side nearest the sea, between Pl. Espanya and C/ Llançà, as well as both pavements along the section between C/ Llançà and C/ Vilamarí. The total length of the sections to be covered is 220 metres and the budget for the project is 263,855.54 euros. Work is expected to be completed in July.