Urban Planning, Ecological Transition, Urban Services and Housing

The municipal government has put forward a budget proposal for 2025, once again the highest ever, at an overall figure of 3,854 million euros. The budget prioritises housing, the promotion of public transport, the fight against social inequalities and improvements in security. It also continues to roll out strategies for the diversification of the economy and action on the climate.

Seven priority areas

The budget for 2025 continues to focus on and tackle important matters for citizens, corresponding to seven current priority areas:

• Backing and promoting public transport, with a budgetary item of 256 million euros that includes the connection of the tram systems in Av. Diagonal and continuity of discounts for transport tickets.
• To tackle the challenge of housing, 200 million euros will be allocated (including the 60 million managed by the IMHAB) for the construction and expansion of the public housing stock with various formulas.
• Combatting inequalities also accounts for a record spending figure for social policies with over 900 million euros on social and educational policies, access to culture and sports.
• Clear backing for local policies, with spending of 363.6 million euros, including investment in neighbourhoods, whether on maintenance and cleaning or with the districts’ own budgets.
• Boost for the diversification of the city economy to make it stronger and more resilient. Funding here will help to promote commerce, SMEs, talent and reindustrialisation with more than 135.3 million euros.
• Security is another priority area with a sum of nearly 422 million euros.
• The strategy on climate action will see spending of more than 100 million euros.

Present and future investment

Investment planned in the annual budget will reach 726.1 million euros and contemplate the continuation of the major transformations already under way and other notable projects. Those to get funding in 2025 and to be carried out during this term of office include:

• Tram (€9M of the €114M that correspond to the City Council)
• La Rambla (€20M in 2025, €44 during this term of office)
• Pla Clima Escola (€17,7M in 2025 to introduce climate control systems in 30 schools and €66.7M in this term of office)
• Ronda de Dalt (€12M in 2025 and €31M in this term of office)
• Fira Plaça Espanya (€7.6M in 2025 and €30M in this term of office)
• Transformation of Av. Meridiana (€4M in 2025 and €24.2M in this term of office)
• Túnel de la Rovira (€17M in 2025)
• Ciutadella del Coneixement (€26M in this term of office)
• Investment and maintenance at sports centres (€30M in 2025)
• Boost to La Sagrera for the construction of housing (€53.5 in 2025 and €83.6M in this term of office)

Investment is also planned in the spheres of culture and science, such as the renovation of the Teatre Arnau, the Borsí, the Museu Marés, the Castell dels Tres Dragons and the libraries of Xavier Benguerel and Illa Q.

Various social and community facilities will be renovated, such as the Cooperativista s.XX building, the former Pere IV cinema, the Sagrada Família Social Services Centre and the Grant Torre Garcini Centre for the Elderly.

There will also be investment in sports facilities such as the multi-purpose sports hall at La Model, the CEM La Marina, the Pavelló Illa and the CEM La Sagrera i Espronceda; and in the sphere of security, notably the new UTE in Sarrià and the CECOR Tres Xemeneies.