🇪🇸 ES 🌐 CA 🇬🇧 EN
Neighbors of Santa Maria de l’Avall

Let's protect our homes against a disproportionate construction project

The sewerage project could cost more than €40,000 per household and put hundreds of families at risk.
We need 200 signatures to have enough legal weight to stop its execution as currently proposed.

🔢 Goal: 200 signatures · Every signature adds legal strength and shows we are not a minority.
Did you know this project could force you to pay nearly €30,000 for every 1,000 m² of your plot?

That figure does not include mandatory internal works (pumps, trenches, downpipe adaptation...) which raise the total cost per household above €40,000 in many cases.

Why are we concerned about this project?

We are not against improving the urbanization or having an adequate sanitation system. What we question is the way this project has been designed, managed, and communicated: without complete information, without real consensus, and with an economic impact that many families simply will not be able to afford.

Economic Risk

A levy that many families cannot pay

The estimated cost exceeds 13 million euros. Adding the mandatory internal works, we are talking about more than €40,000 per household in many cases. For a few, it is just money; for the majority, it is the risk of economic ruin that can end in debt, defaults, or even the loss of their home.

Democratic Risk

A decision without real participation

Only 76 people voted in favor in an assembly that many neighbors did not even know included a vote. There was no announcement or prior notice, and the decision was camouflaged within an ordinary meeting, presented as a formality, when in reality it affected more than 300 families who had no voice or real opportunity to participate.

Legal and Social Risk

Surcharges, embargoes, and neighborhood fracture

The Board's own statement speaks of surcharges, embargoes, and even expropriations in case of non-payment. Added to this is the tension between those who can afford the levy and those who fear they cannot, cracking the coexistence in the neighborhood.

What is the background to all this?

Perhaps the urgency for this project does not really respond to the common good, but to the confluence of economic interests.

  • For large landowners, the work revalues their assets and facilitates their sale.
  • For the City Council, it represents the promise of new and substantial tax revenues.
  • For neighbors, it means financing a project that seems to favor the speculator rather than the resident.

What do we propose as neighbors?

This neighborhood group does not seek confrontation, but transparency, alternatives, and balance. We ask for:

  • A technical and economic review of the project, studying more sustainable and affordable alternatives.
  • Guarantees that the quorums and majorities required by regulations are respected.
  • That no one loses their home due to a poorly planned or poorly explained project.

What is the popular outcry?

“When legitimacy fails, everything else wobbles. Any other way is not only unfair: it is fuel for conflict...”
“The worst thing is that there isn't a single document identifying how many homes are affected. ...”
“for what reason does Mayor Boladeras allow the Board of Delegates to push this work forward ...”
“Bio-purifiers and decentralized systems offer a cheaper, legal, viable, and safe alternative, ...”

What can you do right now?

Review the information available on this website, read the neighbors' letters, and consult the official project documents. The more people understand what is at stake, the better we can defend our rights.

Access all extended information →

If you share this concern, add your signature. We need 200 adhesions for our legal team to act with maximum strength and request the project review under the best conditions.

I want to join and record my opposition

Talk to your neighbors, share this page in WhatsApp groups and social networks. And, above all, do not forget the elderly or those who do not use the Internet: explain to them in person what is happening.

Download leaflet to print and distribute →

Go deeper

If you want to know the details better, here are some resources and sections of the website:

A fair project starts with the truth... and with your signature

No one should lose their home for a poorly explained work without sufficient consensus. If this project worries you, do not stay on the sidelines.

Add my signature and support the project review

“200 signatures give us enough legal weight to stop the project. Your support counts and our legal team will also take you into account.”

✍️ Join the initiative