Córdoba City Hall offers new impetus for the Arenal exhibition center with 2.2 million until 2027

The planned plan is as follows: 800,000 euros in 2025 -In simple terms, next year’s planning accounts include 847,334 (750,000 of the new budgets and 97,334 of the rest) -; others 800,000 For 2026 And 529,404 in 2027.

The next intervention by the Town Hall at the exhibition center will be the planting of 174 trees. In April of this year, after a municipal commission of the Fair, the mayor of Urban Planning and spokesperson for local government, Miguel Ángel Torrico, announced the actions of the mandate at the fairgrounds. The first will aim to combat a serious problem in El Arenal: the lack of shade.

Sources from the Department of Urban Planning (GMU) told ABC yesterday that “we hope undertake this project throughout first trimester so that the trees are in place before the 2025 Fair. This planning involves a delay compared to what was initially planned: plantings would begin in the fall. These interlocutors also explained that the budget will be 156,780 euros.

The secretary of Association of Traditional StandsJavier González told ABC that the planting of these trees is “the fulfillment of what was agreed” within the Fair Commission, where the municipal government and groups linked to this celebration are present. “There was a little delay in this performance, but now advance“, he assured.

The president of Citizen Movement CouncilJuan Andrés de Gracia added that “the trees obviously weren’t going to provide shade this year. What matters is that they put them and don’t be late. “The planting season is between now and February, or March, which would be the last time to plant them.” What he asked of the Consistory was that, given that these 174 specimens “will still have time” to provide shade, “make a more effort with awnings; not what they put in last year.

power line

The next intervention that the City Council has in its portfolio to improve the state of El Arenal, as indicated in the calendar of actions that was addressed in the commission of this festival organized in April, is the pipeline, funeral And update of the power line. It is expected that it will run throughout 2025 And 2026. The project made public at the time aimed to have it completed in time for the 2026 celebrations.

The president of Citizen Movement Council indicated that what they communicated to him in Urbanism was that “they had practically Already prepared A leaf for electric burial. Which is logical if we consider, continued De Gracia, that “immediately after the end of the 2025 Fair, the execution of these works should begin.”

The Capitulares management team highlighted this project as one of the elements that should help stop the endless fall of the number of participating standsThis year, there were 83. This figure is light years away from the 184 in 1994, the first year when the celebration of Our Lady of Health took place on the banks of the river.

The Town Hall defends that, if the electrical connections do not depend on the work each year, there will be a lower cost for cassette playerswhat can stimulate THE bet. Concerning this last question, the Town Hall has not yet carried out a citizen consultation to determine whether the stands can remain fixed in El Arenal. Of course, the installation of infrastructure at ground level continues, since it is independent of the referendum result.

THE latest improvement What the Municipal Council has planned in this mandate at the fairgrounds is the artwo street rule. In April, the town planning councilor announced that it would be paving and emphasized that they would start In “September 2026 and would last until April of 2027“. The routes that will be taken have not yet been announced.

The secretary of Association of popular stands He also highlighted the fact that a multi-year investment plan for El Arenal is included in the preliminary draft budget. “It’s something we see as a positive. HE observe tangible steps inside fairground“, he assured.

Total project of five million

The president of Citizen Movement Council assured that they are “estimates to work“, because for example the paths to reform have not yet been determined. “These are basic elements, calculations, for later, if it is necessary to obtain more funds from the remains or elsewhere,” he said.

It must be remembered that redevelop the exhibition center complete would involve a disbursement of five millionaccording to the document presented in May 2019 by the Association of Traditional Stands. The PP and PSOE supported it.

During the last legislature, with the return of the Popular Party to the Town Hall, it was the performances have started of improvement from El Arenal. In 2022, the reform of Calle del Potro was carried out (880,000 euros) and between December 2023 and April 2024, the renovation and expansion of the sewer system was carried out (356,000 euros).

Of grace He assured that the schedule of performances is something that has already been addressed in the ordering of these celebrations. “All of us who were at this forum have already said that we would have liked a more powerful investment right away. But the Municipal Council told us that it was more prudent to carry out actions between Fair and Fair. It’s the rhythm. He accomplishes what he says, so we can’t complain. But things are going slower than we would like. » He stressed that after investments in two streets for 2027“there will still be an important part by develop in El Arenal.