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Gandia's 19 Million Parking Contract Fee Sparks Government-PP Clash

The executive defends its model to unify the concession of three underground car parks, but the Popular Party criticizes the management of funds.

Generic image of a parking meter with a 19 million euro coin.
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Generic image of a parking meter with a 19 million euro coin.

Gandia's government and the PP are clashing over the unification and awarding of three underground car parks, involving a 19 million euro fee for the concessionaire.

Gandia's government and the Popular Party are in a new confrontation, this time focused on how the city council will unify and award the concession for the city's three underground car parks. The proposal involves asking the concessionary company to take over the management of the two public car parks, Prado and Serpis, as well as the one on República Argentina avenue, currently privately managed, in exchange for a 19 million euro fee.
With the expected revenue from this fee, the local government plans to undertake two main actions: firstly, the rescue of the República Argentina car park, with an estimated cost of 11.2 million euros; and secondly, the completion of the urbanization works in the Sanxo Llop sector, which are 70% complete and valued at nearly 8 million euros.
The municipal commission of Interior Government has approved today the economic and financial viability study for the three car parks, an essential preliminary step before drafting the tender specifications. The municipal plenary is expected to give final approval on May 29. If there are no challenges, the local government estimates that the car parks could be awarded within three to four months.
The Councilor for Finance, Salvador Gregori, explained at a press conference that, despite the profitability of the public car parks of Serpis and Prado (with a profit of 581,000 euros in 2025), there is a "financial hole" for the municipal coffers due to the losses of 925,000 euros from the República Argentina car park. The city council is obliged to compensate the company under the "financial rebalancing" formula agreed upon previously.
Gregori assured that there is "no trickery" in the fee and that it "will not be used for current expenses, nor will we pay for any electoral campaign." He predicted it would be an "Applause Operation," in contrast to the PP's management of the beach bowling alleys.
Regarding the viability of finding companies willing to pay 19 million euros upfront and manage three car parks, Gregori stated that at least four companies have already expressed interest, pending the final tender documents.
For their part, the PP, through its municipal spokesperson, Víctor Soler, and councilor Guillermo Barber, has expressed its criticisms. Soler compared the measure to the "drinking water fee" and suggested that the socialist government "will undersell the car parks to give them away to some friendly company." The PP doubts the legality of the process and requests that the fee be earmarked and incorporated into the annual budgets.
The Popular Party supports the rescue of the República Argentina car park and the completion of Sanxo Llop, but rejects "replicating a model that already indebted Gandia," warning that the intention is to "privatize and give away the Prado and Serpis car parks to cover a socialist mess".

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