THE reform of the square of the The city hall from Valencia could cost triple than expected so far, according to the budget of the former mayor, Joan Ribó (Compromís). This was reported this Tuesday by the members of the city’s Urban Planning Advisory Board, the current mayor, Maria Jose Catala, during the meeting they held, as reported by municipal sources.
Thus, they stressed that this reform was “one of the main themes that were addressed” during the said meeting, organized “to analyze and advance on the major issues.” urban projects of the city.
The experts informed Catalá (PP) that the renovation of this enclave budgeted during the previous local government formed by Commitments And PSPV “It’s very underrated“.
The City Hall clarified that the municipal director has received the first estimates of the real cost of the renovation of the Town Hall Square, which has been set at 8.5 million. Likewise, they clarified that according to these estimates, the cost per square meter of the project proposed during the previous mandate “is largely underestimated” and that thus “the budget could triple.”
From the current executive, chaired by Catalá and composed of PP and Vox, they stressed that it is “not the first project left by the previous government that has an underestimated cost” and they cited “as an example the reform of Avinguda Pérez.” Galdos. In this regard, he stressed that Compromís and the PSOE “value it at 11.8 million and that after the technical reports carried out by the current government, the works would exceed 30 million.”
In this sense, they criticized “the previous management of urban projects, based on idea contests and foam panels, which did not take into account either the real budget or the necessary technical reports.”
To undertake the definitive reform of the Town Hall Square of Valencia, the former Municipal Executive of Compromís and the PSPV, known as the Rialto Government, has called a competition of ideas who won the Re-Natura project.
This proposal, supported by the architect Miguel del Reyfocuses on the renaturalization of the entire space, with permeable floors; generates meeting and socialization points, preserves the fountain which exists in this enclave and offers a solution for the mobility of the environment.
The Urban Planning Advisory Board of the city of Valencia is made up of Carlos Lamela, architect of the new T4 and T4S terminals of Madrid-Barajas airport and the renovation of the Bernabéu stadium; José María Ezquiaga, National Urban Planning Award and responsible for the design of the Benimaclet PAI; Marina Sender, president of the Valencia College of Architects; Alejandro Escribano, director of the current Valencia General Urban Planning Plan; and Fran Silvestre, MHK Prize in Berlin in 2009 and Nagrade Hise Prize in 2011.
