Vilna City Council will enforce sanction clauses on contractors who record undue delay in works in progress.
The Councilor for Town Planning, Javier Martínez, has announced that, although he is aware of the situation in the sector and its lack of qualified personnel, he will introduce legal safeguards to penalize delays and non-compliance with deadlines established in agreements. will execute. Tender in response to the delay in some of the awarded works in various green areas of the city.
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The mayor framed the problem of origin, although he understands that the situation outside the city council cannot fall on the shoulders of citizens. Martínez warned of the widespread problem of labor shortage in the construction sector and its direct impact on the performance of some of the public works projects being developed in the city, and claimed the public administration’s competence in training and employment. Social agents – employers and unions – concrete measures to curb the situation.
construction companies leave twenty public works in the province with an investment of 30 million
The mayor of Vilna has acknowledged that the pandemic, price crisis, lack of materials and supplies due to the Ukrainian war, elements delaying awards and work starts in municipalities have now added to the personnel shortage in the construction sector.
Town planning councilors pointed to data handled by employer organizations such as FOPA, which estimates a labor deficit in the region of 10,000 people, and which is affecting some of the parks and gardens awards, in the case of Villena, a Due to the intervention decade after decade, they were in urgent need of their modernisation, optimization and safety improvements.
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“It was necessary to start the improvement of these green areas in Vilhena and to continue with the rest of the spaces that are pending in the future legislature. The intensity of the works in these months has been driven by the emergent circumstances”, commented the councilor, who added that “All the time we have thought about the interest of the city to take advantage of the subsidy and the position of the same. About the electoral effect of concentrating all that on time. Votes are not the measure of all things, least of all in Europe For the PSOE-Greens of the municipal government team, Villena is up.
Modernization plan
Vilhena town planning councilor said that the city’s modernization plan was a necessity and demanded its continuation in the next legislatures so as not to “or rush to do many things quickly and badly, as we did with the Plaza de Bulles , or do nothing so as not to bother, give up the future opportunities that Villena has”.
From his point of view, creating more comfortable and attractive places “is not an expense, it is a clear investment, as shown by urban improvement projects in other cities such as Valencia or Málaga, as it directly benefits commercial, tourism and restoration. , as well as improving the coexistence and quality of life of the neighborhood”.
The modernization plan, launched two years ago after the pandemic, includes a comprehensive renovation of sanitation and supply networks, modernization of public lighting, improvements to public buildings and facilities, as well as renewal of green areas, in phases. industrial estate.
