In the ordinary session of July, the Sagunto council agreed to request the APV to expedite the opening of the North Dock, as well as the completion of the final section of the Pantalán. They also aim to explore new collaboration formulas to improve and expand the ‘Sagunt i la Mar’ Interpretation Centre.
Additionally, Puertos del Estado will be asked to analyze the compliance of the agreement signed between the APV and the Sagunto City Council in 2019. The situation will be communicated to the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, requesting its intervention.
The proposal, presented by Compromís per Sagunt and defended by its spokesperson Maria Josep Picó, with an amendment from the PSOE, was approved with the support of PSOE, PP, Vox, Compromís per Sagunt, and EU-Unides Podem. Iniciativa Porteña abstained.
The 2019 agreement stipulated actions for the urban integration of the northern port, the implementation of compensatory measures from the 2013 Environmental Impact Statement (DIA) for the port expansion, the improvement of land and rail connections, and greater integration between port personnel and the citizenry.
The APV committed to recovering the Pantalán, facilitating free access to the north dock, and executing compensatory measures. The City Council, for its part, assumed the management of the rehabilitated Pantalán, expedited procedures for new accesses, and promoted the exploitation of Parc Sagunt II.
According to the council, the City Council has fulfilled its commitments, but the APV 'has failed in several of its obligations'. Seven years later, the port remains closed to the city, the maritime section of the Pantalán has deteriorated, and the southern area has seen no progress.
The news also points to a new proposal from the APV for the Delimitation of Port Areas and Uses (DEUP) which would eliminate 100,000 m² intended for port-city integration, increasing commercial land at the expense of the public marina. This decision is considered insufficiently motivated by the municipal technical report and detrimental to the agreed terms.
