This has been the Dénia of 2022 according to the Grimalt team
As usual around these dates, approaching the end of the year, the PSPV has summoned the media to review all the initiatives that the Dénia City Council, where they govern with an absolute majority, have carried out this 2022. A large number of projects that, however, they have wanted to include in 22 points.
Vicent Grimalt, mayor of Dénia, and Maria Josep Ripoll, Town Planning councilor and first deputy mayor, appeared yesterday at their headquarters wrapped (and surrounded) by the majority of the formation's councilors, as well as several members of the local executive. The objective of this call was to review the main projects carried out this year by the consistory.
The socialists have followed this 2022 the path that they set for themselves whose goal is none other than the transformation of the city. And, well, in certain aspects they have succeeded, or the first steps are appreciated. This year has been the busiest for the City Council, which is usual with elections just around the corner. However, Grimalt was quick to intervene in order to distance himself from that imaginary that ensures that things are done when the ballot boxes are dusted off. "We have not stopped doing things, and not because it is the last year," he pointed out.
It is true that the mandate has been full of obstacles, which they insisted on remembering. First, the DANA of September 2019, whose destruction intensified with the arrival of storm Gloria in January 2020, just four months later. And we already know the following: March 2020, with the health crisis that we dragged on until this year. However, the PSPV celebrated that, despite everything, they have managed to fulfill 90% of their program. A program that, according to the mayor, "has made Dénia a benchmark throughout the Valencian Country."
Dénia for people
Among its most visible initiatives, and which perfectly captures this intention when it comes to transforming the city, the pedestrianization and remodeling of various historic points in the center stand out. The Glorieta del País Valencià is the last to begin its transformation, a result that we will be able to see in a few months, but before that came the pedestrianization of Carrer Major and the closure to traffic of Marqués de Campo.
This last decision in particular brought a lot of controversy, unjustified according to the socialists since the opposition defended that it would be lethal for the local businesses. However, according to Grimalt's team, it has been shown with campaigns such as the Nit de la Llum or the Mercat de Nadal that a center for people makes it easier to walk between the stores and buy or consume in the premises of the area. "We represent the Dénia that voted for us and that asked us not to stop and change the city," stressed the mayor.
And this transformation will not stop there, because after Christmas the remodeling of Marqués de Campo will begin. Pending will remain after suffering several delays (which the mayor attributes to the supply crisis) the completion of the Valgamediós square and the much-announced park on the site of the old ambulatory, projects that should already be advanced or finished.
Contracts and millionaire funds
There was also time to remember the alleged feat that this year has involved the provisional approval of the possible definitive General Structural Plan, which is still pending the approval of the Generalitat for which several reports are pending, and also the signing of the new contract of cleaning and garbage collection, which is not yet 100% developed but which, according to the formation, is already being noticed in all the neighbourhoods.
At the level of municipal funds they have also wanted to highlight that they are in a great moment, having been able to reduce the debt with the banks that the council has from 24 million euros to 17 million. In part, they have achieved this debt reduction at the same time that new projects have been developed thanks to subsidies obtained, such as the celebrated European Next Generation funds that have contributed close to 3 million euros.
Accesses statement from the PSPV Dénia with the 22 points of 2022 here.