The government of Mayor Jaume Collboni is fully determined to make the care of public space one of the great flags of its mandate. The deputy mayor of Urbanism, the socialist Laia Bonet, detailed yesterday that the Barcelona City Council plans to carry out during this mandate nearly 2,800 interventions dedicated to the maintenance and renovation of the corners of the city that we all share. The Council's investment will add up to 435 million euros in 2028. About 45 million will fall this year, and the highest peaks will come in 2025 and 2026. This Comprehensive Maintenance Plan (PMI) is one of the fundamental legs of the Endreça Plan.
Apparently, the Consistory did not come close to these expenses since the time of the previous socialist mayor, Jordi Hereu. Laia Bonet emphasized that the games on this issue during the governments of Xavier Trias and Ada Colau were much lower. And Bonet also pointed out, without going into much detail, that during the last few months neighborhood complaints in relation to the cleanliness of the city were reduced by 23%. The first lieutenant of the mayor's office put on the corresponding medal while also clarifying that changes in the recruitment of this service always involve a few initial mismatches that tend to annoy the public.
This determination of the socialist executive contributes so much that the mayor Collboni himself is quite sure that neglecting even just a hair's attention to the streets and squares leads to a sometimes disproportionate political erosion and that the new Catalan political scenario will delay even more the signing of any government pact that expands the meager base of only ten councilors of the municipal executive. In the current circumstances, the opposition will be very cautious when it comes to giving any support. In addition, so that no one feels deceived, Collboni moves very comfortably in contexts that many other politicians would find extremely uncomfortable.
The deputy mayor also wanted to emphasize that these 2,800 actions will take place in the 73 neighborhoods of Barcelona. She added that "of the 435 million planned investment, the districts will manage nearly 180 in order to adapt the plan to the particularities of every side of the city and offer local solutions". In this sense, the premise of the municipal actions will be to renew the elements before it is really necessary, before they deteriorate.
The actions envisage stabilizing slopes, optimizing children's play areas, redeveloping streets and squares, paving the roads of the main road network, burying overhead cables, fixing more than 3,500 lampposts and 4,500 traffic lights, modernizing the coastal front of the districts of Ciutat Vella and Sant Martí so that they shine more during the celebration of the America's Cup and also to repair railings, stairs, walls and furniture on Paseo de Colom, Joan de Borbó and Marítim. In this large tailor's drawer of investments, Bonet also included those that will be used to improve the city's groundwater distribution network. In addition, the PMI aims to improve and renovate 12% of the city's parks and gardens, intervene in 200 installations of children's play areas, sports circuits and dog recreation areas, as well as renew 620,000 m2 of pavement, 35% of horizontal signage, 24% of escalators and 56% of elevators.
