The Official Gazette of the Province (BOP) published this Tuesday the approval of the second subsidy package for infrastructure and assistance to municipalities corresponding to Plan + Cerca, which reached 40.5 million euros this year. This is an alternative project Municipal Cooperation Fund It is part of the Generalitat, which was initiated by the Alicante Provincial Council during its last term and is still in force, headed by the current Consell president, Carlos Mazón. Last year, the financial contribution to this project was 30 million dollars, that is, there was an increase of 10 million in twelve months, which is 35% more.
Recently, the distribution of the last aid for 2023 was unanimously approved at the Provincial Assembly general assembly. Plan + Nearby, more than ten million for municipalities in the state. Thus, the provincial institution closes the solution of the program, which responds to more than 300 requests submitted by the municipalities in the province for both current expenditures and investments, with 40.5 million. Commenting on this performance, Provincial Council president Toni Pérez said: “This plan is of particular importance for smaller populations with fewer resources, as it allows them to cover the costs of maintaining public services and facilities and to stimulate new infrastructure and investments.” said.
In parallel with the augmentation of Plan + Cerca by the provincial institution, the current Consell, chaired by Mazón, is working on the implementation of a new Cooperation Fund, the main innovations of which are the agreement with councils and volunteers. . The People’s Party ensures that this new project of the Generalitat, which will replace the project supported by Botànic, is prepared together with three deputies. Valencian CommunityThey are all in the hands of the popular ones and will focus on smaller municipalities, following the line stated by Toni Pérez about the plan of the Alicante institution.
cuttings
The debate about the Cooperation Fund was revived a few weeks ago. Valencian CourtsWhen PSPV-PSOE once again called on the Alicante Provincial Council to allocate nearly one hundred million to municipalities in the province, after seven years of refusing to implement the Cooperation Fund. However, they confirm their views from the PP and state that the changes they want to make to this investment plan will go hand in hand with the councils, unlike the way it was planned. Botanical. This was his argument to justify the rejection of the Alicante institution.
The second aid package of Plan + Cerca, which was recently approved at the Provincial Assembly General Assembly, includes 85 requests amounting to 9.5 million for the implementation of different applications. works in a hundred municipalities. These actions include, among others, adapting and improving sports facilities, paving public roads, renewing lighting, improving roads, building niches in cemeteries, rearranging playgrounds or providing municipal areas. The remainder of Plan + Cerca, more than $30 million, was unanimously approved at the first ordinary general meeting of the new mandate last September.
Distribution criteria
Antonio Bernabeu, the member of parliament responsible for infrastructure, emphasizes the distribution criteria of Plan + Cerca because of its benefit, especially for small towns. “Both municipal councils and Provincial Council technical services “They always try to get things started as soon as possible,” Bernabeu defended. In addition to infrastructure, the municipalities of the province also requested to receive subsidies amounting to 10 million to cover their current expenses.
The unanimity shown for the approval of Plan + Cerca does not prevent an intense debate in the Provincial Assembly between the government team and opposition groups regarding this project and Planifica, another star plan of the institution. In this sense, the political dispute revolves around deadlines for getting things done. Without going any further, last week Compromís protested at the gates of the State House over the low level of execution. Plan and immediately afterwards, he submitted a motion to the general assembly meeting and requested financial allowance for the improvement of the investment project. This move was supported by both PSPV-PSOE and Vox.