Municipalities in the Baix Llobregat region have joined forces to demand the maintenance and undergrounding of overhead cables belonging to electricity and telecommunications companies. The request is directed at the State Administration, which holds jurisdiction over this matter.
The initiative arose from a meeting held on November 2nd at the Baix Llobregat Regional Council, at the request of the mayor of Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Jordi Bartolomé. The meeting was attended by the first deputy mayor of Santa Coloma de Cervelló, David Quilabert, and the Director General of Digital Infrastructures of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Cristina Campillo.
The meeting highlighted the concern, also expressed by neighborhood associations, regarding the lack of maintenance of the installations, the degradation of public spaces, and the accessibility and mobility issues caused by the overhead cables.
As a result, the municipalities agreed to establish a technopolitical working group with the support of the Generalitat de Catalunya. This group will coordinate demands to the utility companies and the State Administration, acting jointly within municipal and regional competencies.
This action follows up on the demands of the Santa Coloma de Cervelló City Council, which had already approved two motions in 2023 and 2025 to insist on the undergrounding of overhead cables and adequate maintenance of the installations.
