Informative study for the EX-107 between Badajoz and Olivenza definitively approved

The Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Housing, Francisco José Ramírez González, has definitively approved the “Informative Study of the EX-107. Badajoz to Olivenza Section,” which defines the route of the road within the municipal boundaries of Badajoz and Olivenza (Badajoz). The decision is contained in the Resolution of November 4, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of Extremadura (DOE) No. 219, of November 13, 2026, with the official reference 2026062867, and closes a file opened in 2021.

The resolution of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Housing approves two things: the public information file of the study and, “definitively,” the informative study itself, confirming the terms of the provisional approval. The procedure has been processed in accordance with articles 13 et seq. of Law 7/1995, of April 27, on Extremadura Roads, and articles 42 et seq. of Royal Decree 899/2025, of October 9, which approves the current General Road Regulations. The minister’s competence derives from article 45.1 of said state regulation and from Decree 113/2026, of May 26, on the organic structure of the Ministry (DOE No. 105, of June 3, 2026).

A five-year process

The schedule included in the resolution summarizes the lengthy gestation of the project:

• June 4, 2021: the then Directorate General of Mobility and Road Infrastructure provisionally approves the study and agrees to submit it for public information.
• June 15, 2021: the announcement is published in DOE No. 113 and in the newspaper Hoy, which has wide circulation in the province.
• December 26, 2022: the Directorate General of Sustainability issues a favorable environmental impact report (DOE No. 12, of January 18, 2023).
• January 24, 2023: a correction of errors (DOE No. 22, of February 1, 2023) modifies that resolution without altering its favorable meaning.
• October 27, 2026: the Directorate General of Road Infrastructure issues the mandatory single report with the proposed resolution.

Allegations and selected alternative

The single report from the Directorate General of Road Infrastructure examined the allegations presented during the public and official information period, and proposes their reasoned acceptance or rejection. This reasoning appears in annex no. 2 of the allegations of the informative study, a document that accompanies the file.

The resolution fully adopts that report and determines the selected alternative, as required by the General Highway Regulations for informative studies: the final approval must establish which of the proposals is chosen. The text further orders the introduction of the relevant modifications based on the accepted allegations and notes that the file incorporates the environmental impact assessment document, in compliance with Article 15 of the regional highway law.

Publication, notification, and appeals

The resolution orders its publication in the Official Gazette of Extremadura and its notification in accordance with Royal Decree 899/2025 and Articles 4 and 40 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, which includes conveying the decision to those who submitted observations during the public information period.

By ending the administrative route, it opens two avenues for challenge:

• Optional appeal for reversal (recurso potestativo de reposición) before the Councilor for Infrastructure, Transport, and Housing, within one month from the day following notification or publication.
• Contentious-administrative appeal before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Extremadura, within two months; if the appeal for reversal is chosen first, the courts may not be approached until it is expressly resolved or deemed dismissed.

The document is dated Mérida, November 4, 2026, and is signed by Councilor Francisco José Ramírez González.

The final approval turns a key corridor for the south of the province of Badajoz—the one linking the capital with Olivenza and the axis toward Portugal—into an official route, and clears the way for the project to advance toward the project drafting and execution phase. The decision directly affects landowners in both municipalities and the involved city councils, who from now on have one or two months, depending on the chosen route, to challenge the study before the Department itself or before the High Court of Justice of Extremadura.

Source: Official Gazette of Extremadura, no. 219, of November 13, 2026, section III (official reference: 2026062867).