The City Council of Seville has launched a plan to repaint and mark the areas around about 50 educational centres, with an investment of 150,000 euros, before the start of the 2026/2027 school year.
The City Council of Seville is finalising a plan for repainting and road marking in the vicinity of around fifty educational centres in the city, with a budget of 150,000 euros. The work, which has been underway since the last week of August across the eleven districts, aims to enhance the safety of children and their families in preparation for the start of the 2026/2027 school year.
The initiative goes beyond regular maintenance. The municipal government has begun installing new vertical signage with the slogan “School Street”, a designation that is complemented by intensive repainting of pedestrian crossings and the placement of “dragon teeth” in streets where the width allows. This system aims to increase visual impact on the roadway so that drivers reduce speed and yield priority to pedestrians.
The Mobility delegate, Álvaro Pimentel, and the Education delegate, Blanca Gastalver, have overseen the progress of the work and have defended the need to act before the schools open.
“The safety of schoolchildren cannot be delayed. With this investment of 150,000 euros, we continue to demonstrate that the commitment of José Luis Sanz's government to the educational community is strong. We have acted preventively, and all this repainting and marking work will be ready before the schools open this term,” said the delegate.
To ensure the durability of the intervention, high-durability materials and state-of-the-art anti-slip paint are being used to ensure adherence even in adverse weather conditions. Most of the work is carried out during night hours to minimise disruption to traffic.
Pimentel also emphasised the effect of the measure on the overall mobility of the capital, beyond school protection.
“The calming of traffic at school access points also has a direct impact on the economic and labour dynamics of the city. A smooth and safe entry to schools favours family reconciliation, reduces citizens' travel times to their workplaces, and avoids the usual bottlenecks in the main arteries of the capital during the autumn campaign,” explained Pimentel.
The City Council of Seville will maintain technical monitoring of the fifty points during the first term of the school year. The aim is to assess the impact of the new signage on traffic flow and to ensure that access to schools is safer for students, families, and teaching staff.
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