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Morella Controversy Over Unfinished Wool Washing Facility

The PSOE criticizes a nearly 80,000 euro project deemed non-operational and lacking local farmer involvement.

Generic image of a metal shed with a wool washing machine inside, in a rural setting.
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Generic image of a metal shed with a wool washing machine inside, in a rural setting.

A metal shed housing a wool washing machine in the countryside near Morella has sparked controversy. The PSOE alleges that an 80,000 euro project, reported as completed, remains unfinished and non-functional.

The PSPV-PSOE of Morella has denounced the current state of a municipal project intended to add value to sheep wool, which includes a metal shed with a wool washing machine and structures for drying the material. According to the socialists, the initiative, promoted by the City Council with funds from the Generalitat Valenciana's Territorios Innovadores program, involved an investment of 78,899 euros.
Although the council justified the project as fully completed in 2025, the socialist municipal group asserts that the facilities, located in the Teuleria area, remain unfinished, are not operational, and raise doubts about their real usefulness for the region's livestock sector.
Socialist councilor and farmer Joel Pascual described it as "outrageous" that the official report indicates full execution in 2025, when the project "was neither completed on time nor can it function now." He also questions the involvement of over 120 people and the inclusion of workshops and diagnostics, as the local sector claims to be unaware of the initiative. "No informational meeting has been held, nor has it been explained how the sector can benefit from this wool washing and utilization system," he stated.
The socialists focus on the images provided by the City Council, finding it "difficult to explain" that a budget of nearly 80,000 euros has resulted in a "simple metal shed in the middle of the field with a wool washing machine." They lament that, moreover, the space "is neither operational nor can it operate."
The PSPV-PSOE also criticizes that the project's execution and justification were directly contracted to three companies from the Canary Islands, contrasting with the minimal involvement of Morella's livestock sector. "It is a complete contradiction to carry out a project that theoretically aims to boost the region's economy and help Morella's farmers, and for them to know nothing about it," declared socialist spokesperson Rhamsés Ripollés.
Ripollés criticized that, months after the investment was justified, the project remains unfinished and lacks clear information for the sector, raising "many doubts" about its utility. The PSPV-PSOE thus questions the management and effectiveness of an initiative presented as innovative, but which they consider an isolated facility, unused, and detached from the sector's real needs.

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