Preparations for the celebration of the Formula 1 Grand Prix in the Community of Madrid will imply Adopt additional measures to alleviate noise, pollution and economic losses that can occur for neighbors and affected companies. The simplified environmental impact report made by the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Interior of the Regional Government reflects that the works will lead to conditions to the homes due to the transit of the operators and the construction work. In addition, it is also noted that car races will cause discomfort in the Valdelasfuentes neighborhood (where Valdebebas and IFEMA are located). To do this, it is proposed to install acoustic screens in the residential areas, redesign the circuit, modify the entrances and exits to some neighborhoods during the event and give economic compensations to the harmed businesses.
In April, the works of the circuit will begin that will run for about 14 months to build the structure where the event will be held in the next few years. The circuit will be extended through the streets of Ribera del Sena, via Dublin and Francisco Umbral, as well as the interior roads of the IFEMA fairgrounds, where most of the layout will be designed. Along with this, it will be necessary to use 1,320 meters of public roads distributed between the Ribera del Sena and Francisco Umbral streets. During this phase, IFEMA acknowledges that “discomfort can be caused to the population.” However, he points out that with preventive measures All, except noise, “can minimize until they make them compatible “ With the day to day of the neighbors.
The works will involve reasfalting sections in the vicinity of the residential area located to the southwest and building a new lane in the northwest. This work will be “comparable to the construction of a road”, since “it is a mobile work with several works that follow each other and alternate along the road, remaining in the same area only a few days,” the report specifies, where It is collected that The acoustic impact will be moderate for the homes of Valdelasfuentes “Powering levels below 60 DBA”. With the intention of reducing conditions, both in the construction phase and during the event, the original T9-T10 line “has been modified for the protection of the Valdelasfuentes neighborhood.” In relation to this point, the Community of Madrid exposes in its report the need to avoid the unnecessary ignition and functioning of machinery engines to reduce the impact.
During these months, the promoter of the event indicates that “The air in the places where the works are executed could get worse” Due to the use of machinery and the emission of polluting gases, such as precursor gases of tropospheric ozone (O₃), and the presence of dust particles due to the movement of land. To mitigate all this, the boxes of the trucks will be covered, the land will be moistened to avoid suspension dust and the speed of the work vehicles will be limited. Likewise, together with what the promoter, the regional government recommends the installation of canvases for greater protection against air and reduce work in the days of a lot of wind.
This process will also be affected green areas located in Ribera del Sena, via Dublin and Francisco Umbral and the four roundabouts located in the latter, and 729 tree feet (between plums and specimens of Platanus X Hybrida). In compensation and attending to the law 9,238 trees will be replanted on the north plot. Plantations and sowings must be maintained by the promoter “until they reach conditions of automation, including subscriber operations, replacement of marras, irrigation, etc.”, highlights the report of the Community of Madrid.
A conditions during races
The celebration of Formula 1 will arrive in Madrid in 2026. For three days, from Friday to Sunday, the circuit will house the training of the pilots and the final competition. In totalthe cars will circulate along the track for about 13 hours, Approximately at speeds close to 360 km/h. Along with that, the previous days will make the preparations for racing equipment. To which you have to add the previous three months to mount the entire enclosure and month and a half to dismantle spaces such as the Fan Zone and the Club areas. During these days the presence of some 335,000 attendees is expected.
All this will have its impact around the enclosure. “The results of the acoustic study confirm the existence of two residential areas affected exclusively by training and careers,” collects the promoter of the event. Specifically, homes must bear levels above 80 dB, in areas located in the Valdelasfuentes neighborhood At a distance of 40 meters, in Francisco Umbral and Florentino Rodríguez Alonso streets. As well as the houses of the Canillas neighborhood, La Pedroñas Street, and in the neighborhood of La Piovera, arranged at a distance between 320 and 500 meters from the circuit.
To mitigate this situation, it is contemplated to install acoustic screens in part of the T1, T3, T7-T9 of the Circuit for the Protection of the Valdelasfuentes neighborhood. However, despite adopting these measures and redesigning the original layout, it is indicated that “the levels to be transmitted below the legally established limits will be reduced.” Therefore, it is proposed to temporarily suspend the allowed noise limits, for this Approve the Madrid City Council. In the regional report it is recommended to implement other measures alternatives such as “the temporary transfer of the affected population or the strict restriction of the potential tributary traffic for assistance to events. “
In addition to homes, it is also estimated that the celebration of the Grand Prize It will affect services such as the Nursing Hospital Isabel Zendal, located less than 1 km; The Madrid Health Center Hortaleza, the Emergency Coordinating Service Summa 112, Special Education Centers Early Care Team Hortaleza and Aenilce, the Gabriel García Márquez Institute, the Ramón Pérez de Ayala school, the Juan Zaragüeta school, the School of Education Infant Doña Francisquita and the Boreal Children’s School.
On air quality, next to the works and the operation of the enclosure, they are estimated between 2,774 and 2,025 tons of CO2EQ, respectively, “considering the effect on the compatible carbon footprint. “ Although in the face of the next contests, sustainable fuels are expected to be used, the movement of the machinery and the influx of the public will have an impact on this area. In addition to promoting and strengthening public transport, to mitigate emissions, it is proposed to establish “alternative tours for the access and exit of the neighborhoods of the gullies and Valdebebas, design of access and exit itineraries destined for VTC and Taxis”.
On the other hand, the report indicates that the event could increase the heat island effect in the area, “Raising population exposure to high temperatures.” As a way to reduce it, measures are raised such as “compensation for carbon emissions generated by the travel of the attendees by 2025, reduce energy consumption and use 100% renewable energy by 2030 and reach a zero net carbon footprint by 2030”. The promoter must prepare a specific study on energy consumption, atmospheric emissions and its contribution to climate change through the analysis of the carbon footprint. It must be taken into account the displacements by plane of the public, the materials used.
As for the generation of waste, IFEMA calculates that There will be 11,986.15 kg of urban wasteas well as residues derived from sports activity, about 220 used tires, tire fragments, used oils, ferod (metal residue of the braking system), used refrigerant fluid, metals (titanium, aluminum, stainless steel), body remains (body remains ( carbon fiber and other compounds).
Repercussion on business
Together with the repercussions listed, the report also shows conditions to the Olivar de la Hinojosa field, whose house-club is about 200 meters from the circuit, and the Shell Valdebebas gas station, on Francisco Umbral Street. Although from IFEMA considers that the celebration of the event will have a positive economic impact, It provides “compensatory measures to be determined in later phases.” In the allegations presented by the owners of the golf course, they consider that the entrance to this space, located on the Dublin road, “will be fully closed by the influx of spectators to the event.” In their brief they emphasize that they will have to close the facilities for a minimum of one month and suffer problems in their access for about five months. For its part, the head of the gas station states that it will be “affected by the disturbance of mobility when cuts occur in Francisco Umbral Street” during the works stage and the disassembly assembly of the circuit.
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