In total, 26 proposals out of the 40 presented by the municipal groups at the State Debate of the Municipality of Toledo were approved during the second and final session held this Friday at the City Hall of the capital.
Concretely, the ten proposals presented by the Popular Municipal Group were approved; ten others from the Vox municipal group and six from the United Left-Podemos municipal group; In the meantime, some other resolutions of the left federation were rejected, as were the ten resolutions of the Municipal Socialist Group.
Concerning the IU-Podemos motions, the one relating to the transformation of the Virgen de la Salud site into the future Sports City was rejected. However, the proposals on the development of works on the Alhóndiga building; design the Sponsor a Park project; for the Language School of Santa María de Benquerencia; open the Casco swimming pool all year round; for a canopy at the newly constructed Azucaica roundabout and for speed adjustments on TO-20 and TO-21.
Finally, the motions of the left federation on free urban bus transport in Toledo until the age of 16, on the creation of a census of the city’s buildings and that which asks to begin the work aimed at preparing the third report on the equality plan.
Regarding the Vox proposals, all approved and three with a vote in favor of the PSOE, they request the modification of the organic regulations of the plenary session; a revitalization plan for the historic center; improve health care in all Toledo neighborhoods; improvements to the city’s rail transportation service; the improvement of water quality and the recovery of the banks of the Tagus or the construction of a historiographic museum on Roman-Visigothic culture in Vega Baja.
Vox motions calling for the former local police barracks to be used as the Santa Teresa-Reconquista civic center were also advanced; that the Quixote-Crea is intended for the purposes for which it was created; that the A-40 between Bargas and Ocaña be completed and a location be allocated to the Arms Factory Alumni Association.
Concerning the proposals of the Popular Municipal Group, they have all moved forward, and they are asking that the connection of the TO-22 with the TO-23 be carried out; execute the third route of TO-23; the liberalization of the AP-41 toll; bypass the A-42 when it crosses Toledo and illuminate the section of highway that crosses the municipal area; the continued garrison of the Guard planned in Toledo or the increase in the numbers of the National Police.
They also go through the reversion of the Virgen de la Salud Hospitalthe restoration of the Puerta Nueva de l’Arrabal de la Antequeruela and the Puerta de Bisagra, and modifying the financing system for the provision of the home help service.
Ultimately, the PSOE’s proposals were rejected and requested a comprehensive action plan in public spaces, the reestablishment of the Department of Equality, a cultural strategic plan or the recovery of the Pact for Economic Development and Employment.
Likewise, the socialists requested an urban regeneration plan for the Palomarejos neighborhood; develop an inclusion plan; resume the regulation of accommodation for tourist use; strengthen and extend cleaning; maintaining and creating new spaces for the enjoyment of citizens; expand and reorganize the cemetery and encourage the creation of a sustainable mobility belt.
All groups defended their proposals, with the spokesperson for IU-Podemos opening the floor, Txema Fernándezwho said their motions “emanate from the state of the city debate; of this constructive investment that Toledo Emerge intends to respond to the real needs and requirements of the inhabitants of Toledo.
From Vox, its spokesperson, Juan Marinosaid the proposals presented by his municipal group are for the good of the residents of Toledo. “They are presented to improve the lives of the residents of Toledo and, above all, in response to their demands and requests,” he argued.
For his part, the popular spokesperson, Jose Manuel Velascoindicated that these proposals require the collaboration of other administrations in projects that the PP considers “of capital importance” for the city “and which will not only improve the lives of citizens, but will help us” Toledo’s future will be a better city in every sense of the word. »
Finally, the spokesperson for the Municipal Socialist Group, Noëllia de la Cruz, He defended that his proposals aimed to achieve real and effective equality between all residents of the city “without exceptions”. “We want a united, plural, diverse and inclusive Toledo, where there are no first and second class neighborhoods and where we do not have to choose between one and the other, as advocated by the ‘extreme right.’
