Fotographer: Maite Díez. Retired, 67

Heavy traffic at Lehendakari Agirre

debate & analysis

“Historically there was a proposal to cover the road. This is what divides the square (…) There are lanes with a lot of traffic. This is the exit from Bilbao, and it is also where cars access the motorway, so they are all going really fast through here. It’s an artery. (…) I thought they were going to cover it and make it all pedestrian. It is something the neighbourhood has been after for a long time”.

There are a lot of cars and it’s not a good place to do sport”.

Noise and car pollution is awful”.