The eviction of residents from the eight affected blocks is extended due to last Tuesday's sinkhole, caused by the works on metro line L9. The general director of Infrastructure of the Generalitat, Ramon Ramírez, has explained that the technicians have recommended carrying out new checks on the state of the land beneath the buildings where the hole occurred and, for this reason, the residents will not be able to return to their homes at least until Friday of next week. The possibility of them returning this Saturday is thus ruled out.

The news revolves around the fires and the heat, which we won't shake off in a few days. While the Generalitat Firefighters continue to give their all, there are still hundreds of people who have experienced and are experiencing hours of anguish. Don't miss this chronicle by Albert Dumenjó and Pere Virgili in La Pobla de Claramunt, where some neighbors told ARA that “the five firefighters slept on the floor of their house in case the fire reignited”. These are days of emergency and discomfort, physical and psychological, and we must face them with the best possible spirit.

It is destined to be the metro work with the longest tunnel in Europe. But the L9 works have already earned the title of "historic" and "controversial" for years, both for the delays the project has accumulated since the first plans and for the 6,000 million euros of cost overrun, according to the Court of Auditors. And since this Tuesday also for the 8-meter sinkhole that has forced the evacuation of six buildings in the Putxet neighborhood of Barcelona. But, at what point is this work? Where is the tunnel boring machine going? How does this large machine work and how is the tunnel built? We explain it to you in six key points:

Summer is here, mobility in Barcelona decreases and, as every year, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) takes advantage of the downturn to carry out the toughest improvement works on the network. This summer, the most important actions will be carried out on L1, L9 and some interchanges such as Verdaguer and Plaça de Catalunya. Before starting the works, TMB will carry out information campaigns to warn citizens about the changes.

After a year of shutdown due to wear on the cutting wheel, the tunnel boring machine on Barcelona Metro's Line 9 received a new part this afternoon, enabling it to continue working. Technicians have already begun lowering all the parts into the shaft on Mandri Street to assemble the front part of the cutting wheel, and the Regional Minister for Territorial Operations, Silvia Paneque, explained that, once ready, the machine will be put back into operation in early autumn.