The Christmas anger of the residents of Casa de Campo: "Until January 8, when they remove Árticus, I will not take the car again"

"I looked at the Cirque du Soleil schedule every day to know when to park, but with Arctic it has already become impossible. This Monday, after driving around for an hour, I managed to park my car and,

."

Christmas for many residents of Puerta del Ángel, a neighborhood near the Casa de Campo, is accompanied by a feeling of "tiredness".

The traffic that collapses its surrounding streets

, something that Clara, a resident who walked her two dogs through the area yesterday morning, verbalizes: "It's horrible. They have forbidden us to park in a lot of places where we almost we all left the car... That's why I made the decision

".

It's not the only one.

Others like Esther, recently arrived in the neighborhood, are not yet registered.

And the decision to implement the SER zone in Puerta del Ángel, for just a month, "has made us dust."

"As we are not residents, we cannot park. But neither in the dirt car parks where we always did, because they

...".

"We are fed up. What cannot be is to put on a show like the Cirque du Soleil, which attracts thousands of people,

away. The moment you move the car you run out of space, it is better not to touch it ", said, angrily, another resident who lives on Avenida de Portugal itself, who, in addition, slipped the "mousetrap" into which he was immersed last Friday, when Árticus was inaugurated: "We were looking for a place for more than four hours... The traffic jam came from Alto de Extremadura, it was incredible. I

, neither in Madrid nor anywhere. I considered leaving it in another neighborhood and coming in Uber".

"In the afternoons they cut everything"

Although not all residents see it that way.

For some, the implementation of the SER zone benefits residents since "

, so we have more free places than before."

Yesterday morning passed with Mobility troops at each traffic light, making sure that traffic was fluid.

Although the workers in the area boasted that they had learned their lesson.

"During the day it is not so noticeable, but in the afternoon they cut everything off. It's a pain in the ass. I have already decided to come by public transport, it

, "they pointed out in an agency of nearby travel.

A parking lot near the lake in Casa de Campo.J.

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In front of them, an agent decided who could go to the Casa de Campo lake through the Puerta del Ángel promenade.

Something that

, angering, and a lot, the merchants close to this Madrid pond.

"It hurts us a lot. We notify our reservations in advance that traffic has been cut. We tell them that depending on the moment you can, or not, go by with your car, but many end up canceling. Last week

People became desperate when they saw that they could not access it," they told this newspaper from the address of the El Urogallo restaurant, located on the shore of the lake, quite concerned.

"They don't even let us pass, and we have a special authorization," he added.

José, responsible for maintenance of this same premises, reported that yesterday he could not cross the motorized perimeter either.

He had to leave his van "quite far away", in which he transported boxes of wine, many glasses, cans of preserves... "Fundamental material for the operation of the business. Luckily, I had a wheelbarrow,

."

From El Capercaillie they value that these decisions are "random".

"Yesterday [por el jueves] the owner came and they did not let him access. It is incredible.

", detailed the address, at the same time that they described another case experienced these days : "A table of 21 people. They let 10 pass, but they said no to the other 11, there being plenty of space in the parking lot. Who pays for that?"

This establishment showed GRAN MADRID a video showing the parking lot they have a few meters away, the evening before,

.

"We took the trouble to send the reservations to our clients, so that they could show them to the agents who block the way, but nothing. We are talking about a lot of money due to circumstances beyond our control,

".

They weren't the only ones.

At the Casa de Campo Superbrewery they shared the same problem.

Cancellations, less influx than expected... "There are clients who come from outside Madrid and they have not been allowed to pass. They have to go by public transport or on foot", they specified, to end up concluding: "It is not pleasant to listen to 15 people who come to eat

".

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