The President of the Chamber, Ramon Alberich, presented data showing that despite being the second region to receive the most investment in absolute terms since 1995, Vallès Occidental drops to 35th position out of 41 when calculating per capita spending. This figure is only 40% of the investment received by the Barcelonès region.
“"If we convert the numbers to per capita investment, we receive 166 euros per inhabitant and become the 35th region in investment per inhabitant. It is totally insufficient."
The Chamber demands the execution of pending investments in road infrastructure, including six micro-investments that could be carried out with only 15 million euros. Regarding the Ronda Nord between Sabadell and Terrassa, Alberich is hopeful about the timeline, which foresees the start of works in 2028, according to President Salvador Illa.
“"We are tired of promises. President Rodríguez Zapatero promised an investment of 4,000 million. In reality, 400 were executed. President Rajoy promised another 4,000 and less than 300 million were executed."
Regarding the Rodalies crisis, the entity supports a full transfer of the network, but only if accompanied by the 45,000 million euros needed to modernize the infrastructure. They also urged AENA to comply with the Sabadell Airport Master Plan approved in 2001, noting 30-35 million pending, and to improve the “deplorable” access roads.
Finally, the Chamber addressed the housing crisis, criticizing price control policies for reducing supply. They also discussed migrant regularization, where Alberich expressed a “yes, but no,” calling for a more rational and planned migration policy to avoid an uncontrolled “call effect.”
