Mayor Joan Barrera expressed "great satisfaction" with the handover, emphasizing that the town will finally have a "much-needed" facility and that one of his key commitments has been fulfilled.
The residence, which will be publicly owned and directly managed by the Generalitat, will have a built area of 10,000 m2. It will include residential areas, apartments, common services, and a Day Centre.
It will offer 90 places distributed across 5 co-living units, each with 18 rooms. There will be 30 double rooms (60 beds) and 30 single rooms (30 beds). Additionally, it will feature a new 40-place Day Centre, adding to the 30 places at the Hospital's Day Centre, and 12 supported living apartments.
The total budget amounts to 17.2 million euros, which will be fully covered by the Department of Social Rights of the Generalitat, as the residence will be its property.
This handover concludes a three-year work process that began with selecting the land, commissioning a preliminary project, publicly presenting the proposal agreed upon with the Platform for the Residence and elderly associations in December 2023, reaching an agreement with the Generalitat on technical conditions, and finally, ordering the executive project.
