Trails for eight Valley towns and drinking water for Sierro and Suflí: what the Provincial Council approved
Eight Valley towns join the Provincial Council’s trails plan, Sierro and Suflí will get water works and marble receives the Medalla de lo Social (Social Medal).
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Almería Provincial Council’s full council meeting on Friday 30 October approved grants and works that will reach around ten towns in the Almanzora Valley. The session, which began with a minute’s silence for the victims of the rail accident in Urda (Toledo), gave the green light to trails, drinking water and rural roads, and to Medallas de la Provincia (Provincial Medals) in which marble takes a prize, according to the Provincial Council.
Trails: eight of the 25 towns are in the Valley
The Plan for the Rehabilitation and Maintenance of the Municipal Trail Network starts out with €300,000 and will share out grants of up to €10,000 among 25 town councils in the province. According to the Provincial Council, it covers 100% of the applications that met the requirements. Almost one in three beneficiaries is from the Valley: Alcóntar, Cantoria, Macael, Olula del Río, Purchena, Sierro, Taberno and Urrácal.
The press release does not specify which trails will be repaired or how much each town will receive, but in small municipalities well-kept trails are a great calling card.
Water for Sierro and Suflí and rural roads for Chercos
The full council meeting also approved a budget amendment of more than €270,000 to fund drinking water supply works in Sierro and Suflí. The Provincial Council has not specified what they will consist of or how the money is divided between the two villages. In addition, its Plan de Caminos (rural roads plan) adds up to €240,000 to improve this type of road in Mojácar, Viator and Chercos, also without a breakdown by municipality.
A medal for marble
The provincial councillors unanimously approved the 2026 Provincial Medals, which will be presented on 15 November at the Teatro Óvalo in Vélez-Rubio. The Medalla de lo Social (Social Medal) will go to the Andalusian Marble Business Association (AEMA), the Macael-based organisation that runs the Premios Macael (Macael Awards) and brings together the companies of a sector that has carried the name of our district halfway around the world. The Gold Medal will go to EMA-Infoca, Andalusia’s wildfire service, and the Bomberos del Levante fire service, for their work in emergencies such as the Los Gallardos fire.
A deadline of interest to every town council
The same session approved the Animal Welfare Economic and Technical Assistance Plan, with €802,000 (€302,000 in 2026 and €500,000 in 2027) for municipalities of up to 20,000 inhabitants, which covers every one in the Valley. It will be used, for example, to register animals on the Andalusian Animal Identification Register, take in lost or abandoned animals and control cat colonies using the CER (capture, sterilisation and return) method. Town councils will have 15 working days to apply for the grants from the day after the rules are published on the Provincial Council’s online portal (sede electrónica).
