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FCC to remodel Madrid’s North Junction This is the great project of urban development of the North Castellana District FCC has won the contract for the remodelling of Madrid’s North Junc- tion (Nudo Norte, in Spanish). It is one of the most important actions for the future “Castellana North District”, an ambitious urban de- velopment Project on which the capital city has been focusing over the past few years. The North Junction of the M-30 is a high-capacity road axis where the M-30 and the M-607 (Colme- nar Viejo highway), the Paseo de la Castellana, the M-11 and the construction A-1 converge, with the section between this and the Manoteras junction being one of the busiest in Spain. Every day, 34,000 vehi- cles pass through the whole of the Nudo Norte during the morning rush hour (from 8 am to 9 am), and 33,800 vehicles in the after- noon rush hour, from 6 pm to 7 pm. More than 270,000 vehicles a day use this road junction. The project includes the adapta- tion works of the North Junction in all its connections. The aim of this action is to reduce traffic con - gestion at peak times in this part of Madrid, as its influence affects the rest of the city. The formula in- volves the elimination of the four braids, which are the ones that cause the loss of track capacity and large traffic jams. These four crossings at the same level will be replaced by new crossings at a different level: three are lower and one is higher, the M-607 with connection to the Paseo de la Castellana. B U S I N E S S 18 B U S I N E S S