The Generalitat executed 85.6% of the budgeted investments last year. It is the lowest figure in the last three years, although it is above the average for the period 2015-2022, which is 81.6%.
The Department of Economy directed by Natàlia Mas has highlighted that the rate of execution of the Government contrasts with that of the central State, which, according to its data, stood at an average of 62.3% in the same period 2015-2021 compared to the cited 81.6% of the Catalan administration. The central government data for 2022 is not available despite the fact that it should have been published at the end of May, according to the calendar of the Ministry of Finance.
The real investment carried out by the entire public sector of the Generalitat also represents 17.9% more than the previous year, with the Government’s still provisional numbers. The initial investment budget, a total of 1,816.9 million, includes the amounts corresponding to the 2022 annuity, and European fund resources are not accounted for.
The Generalitat stresses that the execution of its public sector as a whole “consolidates the progressive recovery of investments that began after the financial crisis” and almost doubles the amount of five years ago (809.8 million).
In terms of investment per inhabitant, the execution reaches 199.57 euros per inhabitant, compared to 106.55 euros in 2018.
Among the most notable actions last year were the railway investments in the L-9 (65.8 million), the purchase of rolling stock for the metropolitan lines of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (51.3 million), the remodeling of the Hospital Clínic (26.8 million) and the expansion and reform of the Hospital de Viladecans (20.3 million).
The school equipment plans of the Barcelona Education Consortium and the Department of Education took 28.4 million; the purchase of housing on account of the Housing Agency of Catalonia for social uses, another 26.6 million; and the investment associated with the Segarra-Garrigues irrigation system, another 23 million, among other items.