Betis fans will not be able to get to matches in La Cartuja by car

“Fans need to start assuming that They will not be able to reach the outskirts of Kartuha by car.“, warned Mayor José Luis Sanz yesterday during an interview with Radio Seville. The city council’s intention is for Betis fans to get to the stadium by public transport, by bike or, where possible, on foot. To promote these alternatives, the mobility plan drawn up by both administrations provides for expand Tussama 2 and C2 lines and the creation of a shuttle to speed up the movement of fans. Along with this, the network of bicycle paths will increase which currently runs through the PCT Cartuja and Parque del Alamillo, as another alternative to access the surrounding area.

In addition to these proposals, both the Council and the City Council recognise that at present the majority of fans attending Villamarin They do this in their car and are likely to do the same to get to Charterhouse. To absorb this flow of traffic, a new park and attraction on the Expo bench area, just across from SE-20, which will allow you to walk to the stadium in a few minutes and will have three access roads. The parking lot will have more than 12,000 spaces and will include photovoltaic gazebos which will produce 25 megabytes of electricity to service and improve the sustainability of PCT Cartuja, the stadium and its ancillary equipment.

The implementation of these measures will coincide with the first phase of access improvements, which will begin in the first half of 2025 and this will be completed by the time Betis start playing matches in the 2025-26 season. This phase of the work will see the construction of a southern approach on three roads in each direction and roundabout on Via Americo Vespucio that connects them. In addition, a large road is planned to connect the current eastern roundabout of Avenida del Osio with the SE-20. One thing is clear: not all the modifications and reconstructions will be ready by the time the Betis fans disembark.

The remaining actions will have to wait a few more years and are expected to be completed by the end of the year. World Cup 2030one of the sites of which will be the stadium “Cartuha”. By that time, the construction of the remaining roads will continue until the area reaches 182,000 square meters, as well as some of the dozen access roads planned from SE-30, SE-20, urban fabric PCT Cartuja or Carlos III Avenue. The urbanization of 970,000 square meters of land, where the necessary services will be implemented during sporting and cultural events, which will have to wait several years, will not be fully completed with the arrival of Betis.

Petition to the State

In addition to the measures that the Junta de Andalucía and the City Council will implement, both administrations have agreed to require the state to join this improvement plan. In particular, they will require Ministry of transportation extension Environment to the Blas Infante station, a historic demand of the city that had been ignored by previous governments. Charterhouse will thus be linked to Metro line 1which will allow other modes of transport to be integrated into the mobility plan developed for the stadium.

At the end of the meeting, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports Arturo Bernalwanted to “thank” the mayor of Seville “for his collaboration in carrying out these works, which will make this place one of the best in Europe for celebrating major sporting and cultural events.” In turn, Jose Luis Sanz He noted that “one of the biggest shortcomings of the Cartuja stadium is the access, so one of the goals is to rebuild the entire environment and create new access for the arrival of Betis”, insisting that “the priority is for the first phase to be completed before the arrival of Real Betis Balompié”.