The Barcelona City Council has started the deployment of 26 new video surveillance devices, twenty of which will be located in Plaça Reial and six more in Avinguda de la Catedral. This action is part of the first phase of the Video Surveillance Plan, which aims to activate a total of 134 devices across the city by the end of 2026.

The goal of the government led by Jaume Collboni is for the city to have 500 cameras by 2027, distributed across 34 different locations. With this expansion, Barcelona's total surveillance network will reach 660 units, a figure the council compares to other major European capitals. The new devices record in high definition and use fiber optics.

The deployment is backed by the Catalonia Video Surveillance Device Control Commission, an independent body chaired by the TSJC. In addition to Ciutat Vella, the plan includes installing new devices in Plaça de Catalunya and the Passeig Marítim during the first half of this year.