Several members of the Elche government team met this Tuesday with the Alicante Public Works Federation (Fopa) to showcase the council's investment capacity. The objective was to strengthen relationships with construction companies in the province and send a message of an investing government with continuous projects.

The graphs presented by the City Council indicate an investment of 114.9 million euros over three years, exceeding the previous bipartisan period (2020-2022), which amounted to 39.04 million euros. The current investment is broken down into 25.01 million for 2023, 40.15 million for 2024, and 49.75 million for 2025. The council itself accounts for the largest share of this investment, with 71.7 million euros.

However, some inconsistencies have been detected in the data. For example, Pimesa's investment for 2025 was presented as 33.3 million euros in the Fopa document, while on March 31, a figure of 5.1 million euros was announced for the same period. This difference of 28.2 million euros would reduce the total count from 114.9 million to 86.7 million euros, still a high figure, but significantly lower.

Of the total investment, 30.3 million euros are allocated to rural districts and 84.6 million euros to the urban core. The government team emphasized that executed investments, not just awarded ones, have been accounted for, and that multi-year projects and the full year 2023 are included. It was also noted that the Edificant program was not included in these figures.

For 2026, an investment forecast exceeding 50 million euros has been advanced, with projects such as Jayton, the completion of the Central Market, and the duplication of access roads to Martínez Valero. Fopa has praised Elche's significant investment capacity and low municipal debt, while also criticizing the lack of state investment in the province.