Overview
- The regional culture minister said Tuesday that technicians will examine the exposed rails on Wednesday to date them and assess their heritage value.
- For now, crews have fenced and documented the section where the rails and old cobbles surfaced, and the city says it will leave the find in place until the heritage office issues guidance.
- City officials say the tracks likely postdate 1948, a tentative view tied to when the municipal transport company took over the tram network, though final dating awaits the expert report.
- Work on the €6.1 million Alcalá–Cibeles boulevard continues in other areas on the original timetable from February 2026 into the first quarter of 2027, with heavier tasks planned for summer to ease traffic.
- Neighborhood advocates want the rails kept visible in the final design, while officials note the usual practice is to catalog such remains and re-cover them unless specialists recommend display in this UNESCO-recognized zone.