Roads Department requests the preliminary expropriation records for the A-23 in Sabiñánigo

The State Road Demarcation in Aragon has summoned the owners of the assets and rights affected by the works on the A-23 in the municipality of Sabiñánigo to the drawing up of the records prior to occupation, which will take place on November 26, 2026, from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:30 to 19:00 hours, in the Plenary Hall of the Sabiñánigo City Council. The resolution is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Huesca number 215, dated November 10, 2026, within the State Administration section and with the official reference BOPH-2026-215022. This procedure follows the approval of the project by the Secretary of State for Transport and Sustainable Mobility on October 23, 2026, and the order to initiate the compulsory expropriation proceedings.

The action corresponds to the Layout Project for accessibility, new roads, and a new crossing over the Huesca-Canfranc Railway in Sabiñánigo, within Modification No. 1 of the work “A-23 Highway. Sections: Lanave - Jabarrella Reservoir and Jabarrella Reservoir - Sabiñánigo South”, with key 12-HU-5740T.ACT. According to the announcement, this approval implies the declaration of public utility and the need for the occupation of assets, the modification of services, and the acquisition of rights in accordance with article 12.2 of Law 37/2015, of September 29, on Roads.

The file is processed under article 52 of the Compulsory Expropriation Law, of December 16, 1954, and its Regulation of April 26, 1957. The Demarcation acts with the powers of article 98 of the expropriation law and applies rules 2 and 3 of the aforementioned article 52.

Appearance, documentation, and publicity

Holders must attend personally or be represented by a duly authorized person, providing documents proving their ownership, and may be accompanied, at their own expense, by experts and a notary. The announcement details these points and the locations where the list of affected parties is displayed:

• Notice board of the Sabiñánigo City Council, Plaza de España, 2, 22600 Sabiñánigo.
• Huesca Road Unit, calle General Lasheras, 6, 22071 Huesca.
• State Road Demarcation in Aragon, plaza Santa Cruz, 19, 50071 Zaragoza.
• Official Gazette of the Province of Huesca, with summaries in Heraldo de Aragón and Diario del AltoAragón.
• Full publication in the Official State Gazette, which will serve as notification to unknown interested parties or those whose whereabouts are unknown, according to article 44 of Law 39/2015.

Additionally, the Demarcation will individually notify the holders of the date and time of the summons.

Allegations only to correct errors

Until the time the preliminary record is drawn up, interested parties may submit written allegations to the Demarcation, but solely for the purpose of correcting possible errors in the list of assets affected by the urgent occupation, in accordance with Article 56.2 of the Regulations of the Compulsory Expropriation Law. The complete list is available on the website of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, along with the parcel maps.

Twenty-four properties and 18,408 square meters

The list of affected assets and rights includes 24 properties in the municipality of Sabiñánigo, all subject to expropriation and without easements or temporary occupation, totaling 18,408 square meters. Among the owners are:

• Eduardo Granada Escolano, with four properties (M1-7, M1-8, M1 201, and M1 202) in polygon 9.
• The Diputación General de Aragón MAT, with five parcels (M1 21, M1 32, M1 35, M1 109, and M1 205).
• Several siblings from the Grasa Castán and Grasa Guerrero families, owners of properties M1 33 and M1 36.
• Jose María Ara Ezquerra (M1-69 and M1-208) and Amado Escartín Lacasa (M1-106 and M1-111).
• The Ebro Hydrographic Confederation, in property M1 206.
• Vicente Bergua Sanromán (M1-207), Alberto Cajal Bandrés, María Rocío Cara Cajal, and Serafín Cajal Pérez (M1-203), and the González López siblings (M1-204), among others.

The largest expropriated areas are those of the Diputación General de Aragón in polygon 16 (M1 32, 3,232 m²), property M1-203 (2,245 m²), M1 109 (1,764 m²), M1-207 (1,534 m²), M1-204 (1,442 m²), M1-7 (1,406 m²), and M1 36 (1,334 m²). The announcement was signed in Zaragoza on November 5, 2026, by the Head of Demarcation, Sandra de Francisco Méndez.

Impact for those affected

The call opens the decisive period of the procedure: anyone who does not appear or fails to prove their ownership risks the record being drawn up in their absence, with the resulting consequences for the determination of the fair price. The owners in Sabiñánigo have until November 26 to gather the documentation and, if applicable, correct errors in the published list, a procedure that directly affects the execution of the highway in Alto Aragón.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Huesca, no. 215, November 10, 2026, State Administration, pp. 53-56 (official reference: BOPH-2026-215022).