Guadiana opens the expansion of its municipal cemetery for public consultation

The Guadiana City Council has opened for public review the technical project drafted for the expansion of the municipal cemetery, which will involve the installation of 42 prefabricated niches. The announcement, signed by Mayor Antonio Pozo Pitel, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz No. 196, corresponding to Tuesday, October 13, 2026, with the official reference announcement 4020/2026. Interested parties have a period of twenty business days to consult the file and submit allegations.

The project: 42 prefabricated niches

The action consists of the expansion of the municipal cemetery through the installation of 42 prefabricated niches, according to the technical project drafted for this purpose. The file remains available during the indicated period for consultation by interested parties and the submission of any allegations they deem appropriate.

According to the published text, the announcement is framed within the local government and common administrative procedure regulations. The resolution corresponds to the Guadiana City Council (Badajoz) and is included in the Local Administration section of the provincial gazette, under the city councils subsection.

Deadlines and procedures for residents

• Public exhibition period: twenty business days.
• Calculation of the period: counting from the day following the official publication of the announcement.
• Purpose: consultation of the file and submission of allegations by interested parties.
• Issuing body: Guadiana City Council.
• Signature of the announcement: the mayor, Antonio Pozo Pitel.
• Publication: Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz No. 196, of October 13, 2026.

Background and provincial framework

The expansion of municipal cemeteries is a recurring procedure in the province of Badajoz. In the same fiscal year, the Valverde de Burguillos City Council promoted a project to expand its cemetery consisting of the construction of 30 new niches, processed under file 29/2026 and published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz No. 156, of August 17, 2026. That file received a favorable report from the competent services of the Llerena-Zafra Health area and was subject to public exhibition for fifteen business days, in accordance with Article 33 of the Mortuary Sanitary Police Regulations, approved by Decree 161/2002, of November 19.

In the case of Guadiana, the announcement does not detail the amount of the action nor the award procedure, details which must be consulted in the file. The same town council has recently processed other relevant files, such as the initial approval of the feasibility study for the works and services concession contract, by means of Mayoral Resolution No. 2026-009, published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz No. 179, dated September 18, 2026.

What this implies for residents

The publication formally opens the way for any person whose rights or legitimate interests may be affected to examine the technical documentation and submit any allegations they deem appropriate. This is the usual preliminary procedure before the material execution of the works, meaning that the final content of the project may be modified by the observations submitted within the deadline.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz, No. 196, October 13, 2026, Local Administration (Section I), page 2 (official reference: announcement 4020/2026).