Picadueñas Baja will have 13 improvement works with European funds

The Picadueñas Baja sports area will change its appearance. The plan is to paint the court, renovate the facade and the fencing and install ball-stop nets at the facility next to the neighbourhood centre. These are some of the 13 actions that will be carried out in this neighbourhood funded by the European EDIL funds (Local Integrated Development Strategy), according to Jerez de la Frontera City Council. In the surrounding areas, the slope next to the football pitch will be stabilised and consolidated and the pavement will be improved. A square will also be fully refurbished, with the removal of trees and the deteriorated wall on calle Peñasco, and it will be provided with furniture. Residents will also have parallel and perpendicular parking spaces on calle La Gloria, a demand that is being met. There will also be repairs to streets, pavements and green areas, and stabilisation and consolidation work on the slope next to calle Camino Cruz del Canto.

In total, Picadueñas will have 23 projects worth 605,000 euros. 85 percent will be financed with European funds and the remaining 15 percent with municipal funds. Of those 23 actions, 13 correspond to Picadueñas Baja and 10 to Picadueñas Alta. Jerez City Council has received 11 million euros in European funds for the Integrated Action Plan, to which a municipal contribution of two million euros will be added. The Council is working to finalise the projects as soon as possible: by March 2027, 20 percent of them must be under way and by 2030, fully completed. The councillor for Citizen Participation, Carmen Pina, and the councillor for Sports, Tomás Sampalo, have toured the neighbourhood together with representatives of the Pozo de la Víbora residents' association. During the visit, the group's demands were noted and follow-up was given to requests already resolved or in process. The association has positively assessed the refurbishment of the square and the rest of the actions. In July, the mayor presented the projects planned in the area to the residents of Picadueñas Alta and Baja. The actions are led by the Department of Infrastructure, which has already met several times with the residents' associations to learn about their demands.