An administrative disputes court overturned Barcelona City Council’s approval to repair the Laietana road

An administrative disputes court overturned Barcelona City Council’s approval to repair the Laietana road

The Administrative Disputes Court canceled 14 agreementsBarcelona City Hall To repair Via Litana, as submitted by La Vanguardia and confirmed by ACN. He appreciated the resources Infrastructure, equipment and public services privileges room Because he believes that repairing the Laietana Road will be necessary Capital Master Plan Amendment (PGM) Through the Barcelona Urban Planning Subcommittee, an administrative body of public jurisdiction. “The Superilla program is implemented gradually through an ordinary working project that attempts to avoid the procedure for a specific modification of the PGM, which would oblige the City Council to agree with the general mandate and the social fabric,” says the sentence, against which it can be appealed.

Specifically, the Court annulled the agreement of the Environment, Urbanism, Infrastructure and Mobility Commission dated 15 February 2022. It notes that, through the testing carried out and the allegations made by the parties, it “must reach the conclusion that the Laietana Road should qualify as an artery of urban importance in the essential road network.” “It can only be modified by the Urban Planning Subcommittee of Barcelona, ​​a body of public jurisdiction,” he continues, stressing that the reform reduces traffic lanes from five to three, by 40%.

After insisting that Via Laietana has the function of “an urban access road and not strictly a local or neighbourhood,” the court found that the city council used an executive redevelopment project that “conceals a modification in the basic determinations attributed by PGM to Via Laietana, without following the legally prescribed procedure for it.” And by decision of a clearly incompetent body, such as the Environment Committee, rather than the Barcelona Urban Planning Subcommittee.”

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