Almeida will conserve the Covid terraces from 2022 if circumstances require it

The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has been open to preserving, if circumstances require, the so-called Covid terraces enabled in city parking strips. The Madrid City Council announced this week that these terraces, enabled in such a way exceptional due to the situation of the hospitality industry derived from the Covid-19 pandemic, they will disappear in 2022. An announcement that generated a strong malaise in the hospitality sector, which warned that the elimination of these spaces in just seven months could put into The viability of 2,000 businesses and 6,000 jobs is endangered. After the uproar generated, the mayor said this Friday during his visit to the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) that is held in the city until next Sunday, that the terraces could continue « if exceptional situations continue to occur. “A door to hope for the hoteliers that, however, the councilor has qualified with the fact that” the extraordinary “- referring to the bilitation of these terraces- it cannot “become ordinary.” The melon of this possible extension was originally opened by the deputy mayor of Madrid, Begoña Villacís (C’s), who stated that this extension of the parking terraces should be studied because it is a “Smarter way of using space.” Villacís also pointed out during his visit to FITUR this Friday that, when December 31, 2021, the date scheduled for the end of these terraces, arrives, “maintaining jobs will be the main objective because a complicated scenario is anticipated. “” I think that the terraces have served so that many workers could leave the ERTE. For each terrace, three ERTE workers have been saved ”, he added.An approach that coincides with the survey carried out by the Madrid Hospitality Association, which reveals that the recovery is being uneven for hospitality establishments depending on whether or not they have a terrace with nightstands, «making clear the strategic importance of terraces in the city. recovery of the billing of hospitality establishments when the pandemic is overcome. ”The expansion of terraces decreed by the council has led to the elimination of a total of 1,502 parking spaces in the capital, of which 202 are in the blue zone and 1,300 green zone. The districts with the most green zone squares occupied by terraces are Chamberí, which reaches 450, and Salamanca, with 397. Those with the most blue zone squares are Chamberí, with a total of 57, and Chamartín, with 46.