Badalona and Sant Adrià to receive 25 million for border neighborhood transformation

The Generalitat finances the joint project 'Recosint fronteres: Teixint comunitat' with 12.5 million for 27 urban, environmental, and social interventions.

Generic image of a border urban area between two Catalan municipalities.
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Generic image of a border urban area between two Catalan municipalities.

The City Councils of Badalona and Sant Adrià de Besòs have secured 12.5 million euros from the Generalitat de Catalunya to develop the project 'Recosint fronteres: Teixint comunitat', which includes 27 interventions with a total investment of 25 million euros to transform neighborhoods located on the border between the two municipalities.

The project, which ranked second among those submitted for the 2025-2029 Neighborhoods and Towns Plan call, will be implemented until 2031 in the neighborhoods of Artigues, el Remei, Sant Roc, Sant Mori de Llefià, Sant Antoni de Llefià, Sant Adrià Nord, and Sant Joan Baptista.
The Generalitat's contribution, from the Fund for Urban, Environmental, and Social Recovery of Neighborhoods and Towns of Special Attention, represents 50% of the total budget. Both city councils will cover the remaining 50%. The mayor of Badalona, Xavier Garcia Albiol, celebrated securing the maximum planned funding, calling it 'great news' for the residents of the affected neighborhoods.
The shared strategy will address the urban, environmental, economic, and socio-community needs of a metropolitan area with over 33,161 inhabitants, where the administrative border does not effectively separate daily life.
The program is structured into three main areas: physical transformations (7.13 million euros) for urban regeneration and accessibility improvements; ecological transition (7.15 million euros) for climate change adaptation and active mobility; and socio-community action (8.72 million euros) to reduce inequalities and create educational, employment, and health opportunities.
These areas are complemented by a Local Neighborhoods Plan Office, responsible for coordinating and monitoring the project's implementation, with an additional budget of 2 million euros.
Based on information from the official source: Ajuntament de Badalona (12/11/2026)