A total of 1.5 billion. This is what the Ministry of Justice will mobilize with the 2023-2030 Judicial Infrastructure Plan, intended to build or renovate headquarters in 100% of the territory. 85 judicial districts of Andalusia.
The Minister of Justice, Territorial Administration and Civil Service, Jose Antonio Nieto, He presented it this Wednesday before the CEACOP in Seville, where he called on construction entrepreneurs to take advantage of the “business opportunity” that this plan represents, since he affirms that the more than 160 performances planned They will generate 18,000 full-time jobs, a tax return of almost 400 million for the public administration and a contribution to the Andalusian GDP of more than 1,100 million.
The Judicial Infrastructure Plan 2023-2030, which “is already a reality”, was designed in collaboration with all judicial operators to define needs with the objective that “No one can tell us that justice is not working because the headquarters is bad. But also to collect proposals from companies on innovative formulas to finance it.
In the 27 years since Andalusia received powers over justice, Only 22 judicial seats were completed. A pace that does not allow existing deficits to be absorbed, as the ministry points out.
THE budgetary constraints They traditionally constitute the main obstacle to the implementation of new actions. For this reason, Nieto has valued the search for innovative financing formulas that will be exploited for the first time to develop the more than 160 actions of this plan between new constructions, renovations of buildings and renovations to improve accessibility, digitalisation, energy efficiency and space planning in order to adapt the existing headquarters to the needs of 21st century justice.
European funds and public-private collaboration
Among these innovative financing formulas, he stressed that for the first time European funds will be allocated to the work of judicial buildings, as well as to the collaboration with municipalities and city councils.
Thus, the Ministry has already signed nine protocols and agreements with local entities so that they assume the construction of municipal buildings in exchange for the transfer of their use to the Ministry of Justice for 30 years, charging a annual contribution with which they will not only recover the investment, but will obtain a profit. With this formula, projects like the one in Roquetas de Mar (Almería) are already underway.
The third way is public-private collaborationon which Nieto wanted to focus before a forum of businessmen and which he defended “without complexes, by transparency”. Thus, he specified that this is the path that will allow to unblock large projects that have remained in the drawers for decades, such as Cities of Justice of Cadiz, Jaén and Huelva through a formula that has been little used until now, such as the public works concession.
During the meeting, Nieto discussed other projects outside the capitals including The work has already been rewarded such as the construction of the new headquarters of Órgiva, in Granada, in which 13 companies participated, or the reform of the courts of Aguilar de la Frontera, in Cordoba.
City of Justice of Seville
In others, he stressed, the execution projects are being finalized, with the hope of starting work during the year 2025, such as that of New judicial buildings in Algeciras (Cádiz), Huércal-Overa (Almería) and Villacarrillo (Jaén), the reform of the courts of Montilla (Córdoba) or the adaptation of buildings B, C, D, E and F of the campus of Palmas Altas for the City of Justice of Seville, which was the subject of a joint call for tenders for 1,879,491 euros.
“The challenge is that all the work of the Judicial Infrastructure Plan is at least started in 2030″, said the advisor, who stressed that this is an opportunity not only for large construction companies and public works consultants, but also for small and medium-sized enterprises.
The proof is that More than 60 companies participated In the calls for tenders launched so far, the advisor believes that there is interest in the sector thanks also to the stability and legal security that Andalusia offers.
For Nieto, the Judicial Infrastructure Plan is an engine of economic dynamics both through the activity and employment it will generate and through the contribution it will make to improving the provision of a service that is “the foundation of our democracy”, because as much a more agile and efficient judicial system The better it will contribute to the development of a leading Andalusia, attractive for projects and investments.
The President of CEACOP thanked the advisor for opening these meetings and appreciated his presentation since he recognized that judicial infrastructures are largely unknown in the sector. He agreed with the advisor that they represented an opportunity and advocated for the realization that these are Andalusian companies those who develop the important projects planned so that investment remains in Andalusia.
