He Castejon Town Hall sent several requests for meetings to public and private institutions to explore any possibility of obtain funds or grants which allow the construction of an artificial turf field which the municipality needs and which the council, taking into account its bad economic situation can’t pay.
The condition of the pitch is bad and last season there was teams that did not want to play locally because of the risk of injuries. However, the City Council, in a very delicate economic situation, cannot face this investment, which it considers urgent, since this year, all the young people who have used the land will not be able to use it, to prevent it from deteriorating further.
This is why the The city hall sent requests for a meeting to the general director of the local administration, the sports director of the Government of Navarre, the president of the Navarrese Football Federation and the managers of the main companies located in Castejón with the aim, according to the mayor, Noelia Guerra the source, “to be able to achieve by any means or means, whether through subsidies or private sponsorship, which, with the possible municipal public contribution, manage to resolve this situation.”
The club’s board of directors threatened to resign last June, but the financial situation of the municipality, which worsened a year ago with the abandonment of the company that managed the swimming pools, and which led to an extraordinary expenditure of 600,000 euros to the municipalityprevent the municipality from making this investment.
“We launched the whole society an SOS“, a call for help, so that the young people of Castejón can continue practicing their sport in a safe and dignified way”, says the mayor, who for her part is committed to doing what is realistic and legally possible on the part of the municipality to solve the problem.
