The municipal plenary session approved this plan, which establishes a progressive timeline for accident reduction. A 20% decrease is projected this year compared to initial values, 30% in 2027, and 40% in 2029. The proposal received a favorable vote from PP and Vox, while Compromís and PSPV-PSOE abstained.
The Councilor for Mobility, Jesús Carbonell (PP), highlighted the local government's commitment to accident reduction. From the opposition, socialist Borja Santamaría acknowledged the effort in drafting the plan and the agreement on reduction targets, while requesting that the annual monitoring be the responsibility of the municipal plenary.
Compromís representative Giuseppe Grezzi criticized the plan as "late and flawed," as the previous one was valid until 2023. Grezzi pointed out that the lack of a clear road safety strategy from the PP and Vox government has led to a worsening of indicators in recent years, recalling that the previous plan pioneered the City 30 initiative in 2019.
Carbonell rejected these criticisms, stating that an annual, and possibly semi-annual, report will be produced to publicly present the data. He accused the opposition of having developed a previous plan "without palpable results" due to objectives with "vague indicators."
The road safety plan is linked to the first vector plan of the Local Police, which had never been developed, seeking coordination between the two. Among the measures implemented during this term, Carbonell cited the installation of six new informational speed cameras, the prohibition of parking at pedestrian crossings, the elimination of the intermittent amber phase, and the installation of speed bumps and raised crossings.
The new plan aligns with the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT)'s Road Safety Strategy 2030 and complements other mobility plans such as the EMT Master Plan and the Urban Goods Distribution Plan.
