Llinars del Vallès approves the pedestrian and vehicle traffic ordinance

The Llinars del Vallès City Council has definitively approved the Municipal Ordinance on the circulation of pedestrians and vehicles, the full text of which is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona on November 13, 2026 (reference CVE 202610172342). The Plenary resolved all allegations submitted during the public exhibition and adopted the agreement for definitive approval in the ordinary session on September 30, 2026. This provision exhausts the administrative route and replaces the circulation ordinance currently in force in the municipality.

The process began with the initial approval at the ordinary Plenary on March 23, 2026. The text was submitted for public information through announcements published on April 7, 2026, in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the newspaper El Punt Avui, and on the corporation’s notice board. The announcement is signed by the mayor, Martí Pujol Casals, dated November 11, 2026, and occupies pages 1 to 99 of the gazette.

A regulation of 57 articles for the entire municipality

The ordinance deploys municipal competencies regarding traffic, circulation, mobility, parking, and road safety, in accordance with Article 25 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulating the bases of the local regime, and Article 7 of the revised text of the Law on traffic, circulation of motor vehicles and road safety, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 6/2015. It applies to all urban roads within the municipality and also to private lands used by an indeterminate collective of users.

The text is structured into 57 articles divided into six blocks and an annex:

• Preliminary Chapter: scope of application of the regulation.
• Chapter I: signage and obstacles on public roads.
• Chapter II: circulation on public roads.
• Chapter III: stops and parking.
• Chapter IV: immobilization and removal of vehicles from public roads.
• Chapter V: infractions, sanctions, and sanctioning procedure.
• Annex: table of sanctions, updated according to Royal Decree 465/2025, of June 10.

Speed, bicycles, and personal mobility vehicles

The circulation chapter sets a generic limit of 30 km/h on urban roads, which may be increased to 40 or 50 km/h on roads with two or more lanes and thoroughfares with specific signage. The regulation reduces the speed to 20 km/h on single-platform roads and to 10 km/h in pedestrian islands where circulation is permitted:

• Minimum distance of 5 meters behind a bicycle or a personal mobility vehicle (PMV).
• Minimum lateral space of 1.5 meters when overtaking cyclists and PMV users.
• Mandatory helmet for those under sixteen years of age riding a bicycle.
• Prohibition of riding PMVs on the sidewalk, penalized with 100 euros.

The immobilization and removal of vehicles are also regulated, including scenarios such as parking on sidewalks, gutters, pedestrian crossings, public transport stops, or loading and unloading zones without authorization. A vehicle is considered abandoned if it is parked in the same place for more than one month or not removed from the impound lot within 30 calendar days from notification.

Fines of up to 500 euros and entry into force

Infractions are classified as minor, serious, and very serious, with fines of up to 100, 200, and 500 euros respectively, amounts aligned with state legislation. The amount may be increased by up to 30% depending on the severity of the act, previous records, and recidivism, and the sanctioning authority corresponds to the mayor, who may delegate it.

The ordinance will enter into force once the full text is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona and fifteen business days have elapsed, according to article 65.2 of Law 7/1985. The repealing provision nullifies the municipal traffic ordinance approved by plenary agreement on November 28, 2022, and any municipal regulation of equal or lower rank that opposes it. A transitional provision postpones for up to two years the application of the precepts regarding the vending machine or computer application for canceling reports.

Against this provision, which exhausts the administrative route, a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed before the contentious-administrative chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia within a period of two months starting from the day after the publication of the announcement.

With this approval, Llinars del Vallès closes an eight-month regulatory process and has its own updated framework to organize the coexistence between pedestrians, cyclists, VMP (personal mobility vehicle) users, and motor vehicles. The new regime directly affects drivers and residents, who will have to adapt parking and speed habits to the new limits once the period of fifteen business days following publication expires.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, November 13, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-99 (official reference: CVE 202610172342).