The Provincial Council grants +Provincia Plan subsidies to four councils

The Governing Board of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, meeting in an ordinary session on October 9, 2026, granted subsidies from the +Provincia Plan 2026-2027 to the municipalities of Agolada, Bueu, Dozón, and Nigrán, and approved the call and regulatory bases for the second edition of the program “EN PLAN BEN”: Healthy Classrooms. The agreements, adopted unanimously, are made public in the extracts of the Governing Board collected in the Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO), number 199, dated October 15, 2026, with the official reference 2026073098.

Framework: the +Provincia Plan 2026-2027

The +Provincia Plan is the cooperation instrument of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra with the municipalities of the province, organized into lines of action. The subsidies approved in this session fall under line 1-investments, charged to the 2026 annuity, and line 2, destined for current expenditure. The official extract does not detail the economic amounts assigned to each municipality.

The session was presided over by Luís López Diéguez and attended by deputies Rafael Domínguez Artime, Luisa Sánchez Méndez, Juan Pablo Castillo Amigo, Jorge Cubela López, Ricardo Martínez Chantada, Manuel Alejandro Lorenzo Alonso, María Pilar Ramallo Vázquez, and Jesús Vázquez Almuíña, with secretary María Beatriz del Cerro del Río and auditor Antonio Graña Gómez. Deputy Roberto José Álvarez Carrero justified his absence.

Investments in sanitation, separate sewer systems, streets, and sidewalks

The subsidies from line 1-investments (2026 annuity) are granted for the following purposes:

• Agolada: “Renovation of sanitation and purification infrastructures in Agolada” (file 2026027465).
• Bueu: “Installation of a separate sewer system in Beluso” (file 2026027190).
• Dozón: “Concreting of interior streets in the place of Riazó” (file 2026027507).
• Nigrán: “Construction of sidewalks on San Roque street” (file 2026025545).

Additionally, Agolada receives a second subsidy within the framework of line 2 of the +Provincia Plan 2026-2027, destined to finance “Current expenditure derived from the provision of municipal services” (file 2026063525).

Healthy classrooms for municipalities with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants

The Governing Board approved the call and regulatory bases for the second edition of the program “EN PLAN BEN”: Healthy Classrooms (file 2026047910). The program is aimed at public centers where compulsory secondary education, baccalaureate, and basic vocational training are taught, located in municipalities of fewer than 50,000 inhabitants in the province of Pontevedra.

Other agreements: Erasmus+, guarantees, and cadastral management

• Mobility grants for students participating in the Erasmus+ 2025 project (10th mobility), file 2024080811.
• Return of the definitive guarantee from the company COFOCYL, S.L. (B-47432794), from the contract for the supply of chopped straw for cattle at Finca Mouriscade (file 2024049859).
• Return of the definitive guarantee from TESWATER GLOBAL, S.L. (B-27778703), from the contract for the renovation of water supply and purification installations in several municipalities, 80% funded by the ERDF through the P.O.C.S. 2014-2020 (file 2022074878).
• Partial modification of the project “Choose your green flags” by the Concello de O Rosal (file 2025060802).
• Correction of a material error in agreement number 12.37291 of June 19, 2026, regarding the reformulation of the project “Improvement of roads in the Concello de Vilanova de Arousa” (file 2025020624).
• Modification of agreement number 44.36205 of March 6, 2026, due to the change of project for the grant to the Concello de Forcarei for the “Provision of equipment for the municipal gym”, under the III Extraordinary Plan for Sports Infrastructure (file 2025082482).
• Request for support from the General Directorate of the Cadastre for the cadastral management works of the 2026 annual period, within the framework of the agreement with the Secretary of State for Finance (file 2025080638).

There were no communications, matters outside the agenda, nor requests and questions.

Impact for the province’s municipalities

The decisions directly affect the investments and services of four municipalities in the province, which receive funding for sanitation works, separate sewer systems, paving, and sidewalks, as well as for current expenditure in Agolada. The call for “EN PLAN BEN”: Healthy Classrooms further extends the provincial action to the educational sphere, by opening a second edition aimed at secondary and vocational training centers in the smallest municipalities.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO), no. 199, October 15, 2026, Local Administration (official reference: 2026073098).