The Local Government Board has approved this morning the awarding of the works for the new secondary school and the Gargasindi Special Education School. The Board assumed the contracting powers precisely to speed up the administrative processes with the aim that the works begin as soon as possible and can be executed by the end of 2026.
In the case of the IES Les Salines, the works have been awarded to Vialterra Infraestructuras S.A. for an amount of 14,748,935.36 € and a completion period of 24 months. The architects Pablo Peñín Llobell and Miguel San Juan, drew up the Basic and Execution Project for the New Secondary School in October 2023 and the construction project was approved in plenary session in December 2023.
As for the CEIP Gargasidi, the works have been awarded to Orthem Servicios y Actuaciones Ambientales for an amount of 7,055,799.57 € and a completion period of 15 months. The Basic and Execution Project was drawn up by the architects Miguel Ródenas Mussons, Jesús Olivares Casado and Juan Miguel Ochotorena Elicegui, in October 2023. The works project was approved by plenary agreement in an ordinary session held on 14 November 2023.
In both cases, the successful bidders are required to formalise the contract within 15 days, for which the municipal architect will be responsible. These are two of the most demanded projects at present, which will resolve the situation of overcrowding of the IES and will allow the students of CEIP Gargasindi to return to the municipality. Both projects were at a standstill for months waiting for the Generalitat to authorise the modification of the delegation of powers due to the increase in the budget for both projects, included in the Pla Edificant.
The vote on both points in the Governing Board has been carried out in public and the councillors have started to applaud after the unanimous approval of both awards.
In this regard the mayoress Ana Sala said that ‘we have fought hard, we have advanced the work, finally, we can say that if we do not suffer any contingency and the process goes with absolute normality we will have the second institute and the new school of special education Gargasindi at the end of 2026’.