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Galapagar PSOE Denies Deficiencies in Social Services Center Project

Socialists reject the government team's version, pointing to current mismanagement as the cause of the project's halt.

Generic image of the facade of a social services center under construction.
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Generic image of the facade of a social services center under construction.

The Galapagar PSOE has vehemently denied accusations of deficiencies in the drafting of the Social Services Center project, attributing the halt to poor management by the current government team.

The Galapagar PSOE has strongly refuted the City Council's claims of "deficiencies in the drafting of the project" for the new Social Services Center, which has led to the work's suspension and a cost overrun of 1.5 million euros. The socialists, who governed in the previous term with Ciudadanos, assert that the expediente documentation contradicts the official version and note that the works, although initiated during their term, did not begin until May 2025 under the PP government, after a two-year delay in tendering.
According to the PSOE, the Community of Madrid made requests to the City Council to rectify documentation deficiencies, which delayed PIR funding until May 2023. "The new PP and Vox government found the funding recently approved and the path clear to tender the work," they state. They detail that the Local Government Board did not approve the contracting expediente until October 2024, awarded in January 2025, formalized a month later, with works commencing on April 8.
The awarded company, UTE Cotodisa-Hernández Zazo, requested a mutual agreement to terminate the contract on April 14, citing "legal and technical impropriety in continuing to execute work units unrelated to the project," rather than drafting deficiencies. "It is not a problem with the project's drafting, but a problem with site management and municipal management under the current mandate," insist the socialists.
The PSOE recalls that the company requested a project modification for 1.5 million euros, a temporary suspension, and a deadline extension in October 2025, requests that the City Council denied. "The result is the paralysis they are now trying to blame on the previous mandate," they criticize, calling it "political manipulation" to sign a no-fault agreement and then blame the previous project.
The socialists reproach the current Executive for not explaining "what happened with that funding during the two years they took to tender, nor why a negotiated solution with the company was not sought." They demand that the government team led by Carla Greciano publicly report on the money already spent, the real cost of the work stoppage, and the status of the PIR 2022-2026 subsidy, lamenting the lack of communication and transparency.
The PSOE points out that this case follows two other projects (Parquelagos and El Toril) with "serious problems" and "lack of transparency," managed "without informing the opposition" and with the recurring excuse that "the fault lies with actions taken in the previous legislature." "The residents of Galapagar deserve management, not excuses," concludes the socialist spokesperson, Alberto Gómez, criticizing that a team boasting transparency awards "hides the poor results of its management".

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