Almeida will approve the urban regulations blocked by Vox at the beginning of July
José Luis Martínez-Almeida has already entrusted the first duties to his team at the inaugural Governing Board of the new term. The mayor of Madrid has given absolute priority to the approval of the urban planning regulations blocked by Vox during the last legislature, which will be piloted by the new delegate of the Urban Planning, Mobility and Environment macro-area, Borja Carabante, with the first 10 days of july on the horizon. “There is a firm and unequivocal desire for it to be as soon as possible,” declared the popular councilor at a press conference, given the urgency of adapting the 1997 General Urban Planning Plan to the reality of the city.
The mayor of the capital, who has appeared together with his deputy mayor, Inmaculada Sanz, has transferred one task per area. The Department of Security and Emergencies, which Sanz also holds, will begin to form the anti-graffiti patrol in the coming weeks, in charge of solving vandalism and dirt on the streets, one of the main concerns of the people of Madrid. Regarding Urban Planning and the pending regulations, the intention is to convene a commission and an extraordinary plenary session after the formalization of the municipal groups, which will be held in plenary session next week.
The Economy, Innovation and Finance area, controlled by Engracia Hidalgo, is already working on preparing the 2024 budget, after the extension forced by the Vox blockade at the end of last year. Almeida, however, has detailed that the City Council will immediately address a series of modifications and credit supplements to address some actions that were pending budget, such as the reform of the Puerta de Alcalá. “Let's get to work from now on.. We don't have a minute to lose”, the mayor pointed out about what was discussed in this first Governing Board.
Housing and large projects
Social Policies, Family and Equality, managed by José Fernández, has the task of creating a birth plan for the first leg of the legislature; while the Department of Housing, in the hands of Álvaro González, will soon take out seven public plots in surface rights for the construction of houses in the city. The goal, as the councilor added, is to build a total of 12,000 in the next four years. Two of the most ambitious plans in which the Consistory is already working are the burying of the north of the Castellana and the section of the M-30 as it passes through Ventas. The Works and Equipment area, directed by Paloma García Romero, will prepare both preliminary projects. Although the transformation of the A-5 is a priority for the new government team, it does not require immediate action because the project has already been drafted, as Almeida explained to the media..
Marta Rivera de la Cruz, head of Culture, Tourism and Sport, has been commissioned to organize with the Community of Madrid the activities of Hispanic Heritage Day, a festival that she already led when she was advisor to Isabel Díaz Ayuso. This and other events will mark her first steps as a delegate in Cibeles.
José Luis Martínez-Almeida, who has insisted on the need to start working, has also advanced that the Madrid City Council will shortly transfer a proposal for the reform of the Capital Law, an action that he considers unavoidable to provide the city with more and better tools to face the future. The forecast is that this will be transferred to the central government and the Community of Madrid, although it has not given any date.