Badalona and AMB finance phase II of Lloreda Park

The Badalona City Council and the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) have signed the collaboration agreement to finance the works for Lloreda Park, phase II, in the municipality of Badalona. The project has an execution budget of 1,350,408.76 euros, VAT included, which is shared between the two administrations. The text was signed by the mayor, Xavier García Albiol, on October 16, 2026, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona on November 10, 2026, with the reference CVE 202610163952 (file 903460/25), in compliance with the agreement of the Municipal Plenary of October 5, 2026.

The action is part of the Territorial Cohesion Action Program (PACTE) 2025-2028, which is part of the Special Strategic Plan for Grants and Investments for metropolitan councils 2024-2028, definitively approved by the Metropolitan Council in the session of September 13, 2024. The inclusion of the work in the program was done by decree of the Executive Vice Presidency on April 9, 2025, and on March 31, 2026, at the request of the council, the action was also incorporated into PACTE 2020-2023.

The project was drafted by the AMB Public Space Services Directorate, which has reviewed it, and the Metropolitan Council definitively approved it on November 25, 2025. Since the allocation from the two PACTE programs was lower than the execution budget, management guidelines 10 and 14 of the respective programs allow the financing to be completed with funds from the municipal budget, which makes the agreement necessary.

877,192 euros from the municipality and 473,216 from the AMB

The agreement establishes the distribution of the cost between the two institutions:

• The AMB will execute, charged to the 2027 budget, a total allocation of 473,216.76 euros.
• Of this figure, 362,808 euros correspond to the allocation of PACTE 2020-2023, under budget application M7010 15120 65002.
• The remaining 110,408.76 euros correspond to the allocation of PACTE 2025-2028, under application M7010 15125 65002.
• The Badalona City Council will contribute 877,192.00 euros charged to budget application 20324000/1533/61900, project 2025-31-I, of the 2026 budget.

The percentage distribution of the financing is set at 35.04% charged to the AMB and 64.96% charged to the Badalona council. The municipal contribution must be made effective to the AMB through partial payments: the first, of 135,040.87 euros, equals 10% of the tender amount and is paid when the AMB notifies the agreement to start the tender; the remainder is calculated by applying 64.96% to each work certification or expense generated. The maximum term to make these payments effective is 30 days from the communication.

Execution of works and guarantees

The AMB will contract the execution of the works and will assume their direction and control, with technical coordination with the City Council. Once completed, the works will be delivered to the Badalona City Council, which will accept them and assume their maintenance.

The agreement also regulates unforeseen events:

• Complementary works, contractual modifications, or cost increases will be borne by the City Council and will be formalized through an addendum.
• If the municipal delay in approving the addendum forces the works to be halted, the costs of the stoppage will be borne by the council.
• If the final cost is lower than expected, the savings will be used to reduce the municipal contribution, once the fixed AMB contribution has been deducted.
• Contributions for future fiscal years are subject to the approval of the corresponding budgets and the existence of adequate credit.

The monitoring process provides that the AMB will inform the City Council of the essential contracting procedures, that all parties will sign the site layout act and the reception act, and that there will be weekly site visits at a minimum. Municipal representation falls to the head of the Projects and Works Control Service, and discrepancies will be resolved through a joint commission, with final submission to the contentious-administrative jurisdiction. The validity is four years from the signature, extendable by mutual agreement for up to four more years.

The agreement was also signed by the Secretary General of the City Council, Victor Siles Marc, the manager of the AMB, Ramon Torra i Xicoy, and the secretary of the AMB, Mireia Grau Sadurní, acting as a public notary. The agreement of the AMB Governing Board authorizing the signature is dated October 13, 2026.

The news has a direct impact on the residents of the Lloreda neighborhood, who see the financing closed for a public space project long included in the metropolitan cohesion programs. With the published agreement, the action now has full budgetary coverage and can move toward tendering, although 64.96% of the cost will ultimately fall on the municipal coffers of Badalona.

Fuente: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, issue of November 10, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-6 (official reference: CVE 202610163952).