These investments, approved in the latest Governing Board meeting, focus on improving infrastructure and materials in nursery schools, the music school, sports facilities, and senior centers, as well as strengthening security and rehabilitating neighborhoods. Mayor Miguel Ángel Recuenco has described these budgets as embodying "transformation and future".
The Councilor for Finance, María Estévez, detailed that, in addition to investments already underway from the 2025 Budget, funding has been secured to begin tendering new projects included in the 2026 budget, which was approved in June after a vote of confidence.
In the educational and cultural sphere, 500,000 euros will be invested in instruments for the Municipal Music School, 100,000 euros in appliances and furniture for Nursery Schools and Children's Houses, and two million euros for air conditioning nursery schools.
Regarding Citizen Security, nearly one million euros will be allocated to acquiring new materials and renewing furniture for the Local Police and Civil Protection, including technological equipment for drug detection, defibrillators, ambulance monitors, emergency vehicles, and satellite phones.
The Works and Maintenance section includes significant investments: nearly four million euros to renew exterior lighting in the San Nicasio neighborhood; 3.7 million for energy efficiency in municipal buildings; 3.3 million to rehabilitate pedestrian crossing markings; 2.7 million for the renovation of ornamental fountains; 1.2 million for the rehabilitation of the El Carrascal football field and its facilities; one million for conditioning paddle tennis courts; one million euros for the conditioning of inter-block areas on specific streets; and 500,000 euros for the purchase of benches.
The Department of Environment will invest two million euros in renewing furniture and children's play equipment in parks and gardens, another two million for the remodeling of ornamental fountains in green areas, and one million for the acquisition of trucks for solid urban waste collection.
In Social Services, Citizen Participation, and Seniors, 300,000 euros are being invested in the renovation of the Social Services building on Juan Muñoz street, 50,000 euros for equipment in Association Hotels, 400,000 euros for textile covers for shading in municipal Senior Centers, and 100,000 euros for furniture in these same centers.
The total funding of 31,264,850 euros has been secured through three loans: one of 11,264,850 euros from Banco Sabadell, and two credits of 10,000,000 euros each from Caja Rural de Jaén, Barcelona y Madrid, and Caja Rural de Granada.
