The Governing Council declares the occupation of lands of the Green Way in Albacete as urgent

The Governing Council of Castilla-La Mancha has declared the urgent occupation of the real estate assets affected by the expropriation that will lead to the execution of the Avenida de España-Ciudad Deportiva-Parque de La Pulgosa Green Way project, in the municipality of Albacete. The agreement, dated November 10, 2026, is published in the Official Gazette of Castilla-La Mancha (DOCM) No. 218 of November 13, 2026, within section III of other provisions and acts, with the official reference 2026/8148. With this declaration, the Albacete City Council may occupy the land via urgent procedure, and the expropriation process is opened with the amounts already offered to the owners.

The file begins with the request sent on September 25, 2026, by the mayor-president of the Albacete City Council to the Ministry of Finance, Public Administrations and Digital Transformation, requesting that the declaration of urgent occupation be submitted to the Governing Council. Previously, the Plenary Session of September 24, 2026, had definitively approved the list of affected assets and rights derived from the works project and had agreed to send the file and the request to the regional Executive. The process concludes with the deliberation of the Governing Council in its meeting on November 10, 2026, upon the proposal of the regional minister of the department.

What the agreement declares

The first point of the agreement declares the urgent occupation of the properties “which are listed and described individually” in the agreement of the Plenary Session of September 24, 2026, with the indication of their owners in the annex published alongside the resolution. The document justifies the urgency based on the documentation submitted by the Albacete City Council and the report from the Vice-Ministry of Local Administration and Administrative Coordination, which identifies exceptional circumstances due to “the need to eliminate the risk to road safety in that area.” In other words, the central argument is not the construction schedule, but rather traffic safety within the scope of the new road.

The text also recalls that during the public information period of the request, allegations were presented, which were “resolved and dismissed” by the Plenary on September 24, 2026, at which time the file and its submission to the Ministry were approved. The agreement orders its publication in the DOCM and is signed in Toledo by the secretary of the Governing Council, José Luis Martínez Guijarro.

Twenty-six estates and nearly 193,500 euros offered

The attached extract from the file details the list of affected assets and rights, including the owner, cadastral reference, registered property, area to be expropriated, land value, tree value, affection premium, and offered amount. In total, it sums up to 26 properties, with an area to be expropriated close to 26,570 square meters (approximately 2.66 hectares) and offered amounts around 193,500 euros, of which approximately 120,340 euros correspond to the valuation of trees.

The highest-value files are:

• Eurorent Home, S.L.U.: 108.63 square meters and 40,697.44 euros, with 38,607.92 euros for trees.
• Acosta Cano, Calero Acosta and others: 948.64 square meters and 35,443.82 euros, with 32,432.58 euros for trees.
• Tornero Restoy, María Francisca: 286.08 square meters and 24,626.02 euros, with 23,054.24 euros for trees.
• Sánchez Garrido Lestache, César, and Monteagudo Pérez, Encarnación: 881.80 square meters and 23,539.10 euros, with 21,188.00 euros for trees.
• Fajardo Córcoles, José, and other owners: 4,548.23 square meters, the largest area in the annex, and 13,106.92 euros.
• Promociones Medrano, S.L.: 4,444.20 square meters and 12,807.13 euros.
• Ganadera Pulgosa, S.A.U.: 3,735.86 square meters and 7,884.10 euros.

The rest of the list includes smaller properties, including several with areas under 300 square meters and offered amounts below 1,500 euros, such as those of Medrano Corredor, Medrano Ruescas, Fernández Valenciano, Amo Saus, or Pérez Hernández.

Deadlines and appeal process

The agreement exhausts the administrative route in accordance with article 38.2 of Law 3/1984, of April 25, on the Legal Regime of the Government and Administration of the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha. Against it, the following are possible:

• Contentious-administrative appeal before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha, within a period of two months from the day following its publication, according to Law 29/1988, of July 13.
• Optionally, a request for reversal (recurso de reposición) before the Governing Council, within a period of one month, in accordance with articles 123 and 124 of Law 39/2015, of October 1.

The declaration of urgency opens the way for the Albacete City Council to occupy the land without waiting for the conclusion of the ordinary procedure, which accelerates the execution of the Vial Verde and shifts the burden of proving ownership and collecting the deposited amounts to the affected owners. For the residents of the area, the agreement sets a two-month window to challenge an operation that affects more than two and a half hectares of land and 26 properties in the vicinity of the Ciudad Deportiva and the Parque de La Pulgosa.

Source: Official Gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, no. 218, November 13, 2026, section III (Other provisions and acts), page 40027 (official reference: 2026/8148).