The project with which Xàbia intends to take a significant leap in the digitization of the municipality will also have municipal financing. The Town Hall will need to contribute around 750.000 euros of own funds This will complete a total planned investment of approximately €1,875 billion, as announced during the city council meeting held this Thursday. This figure provides an important clarification regarding the information initially released about the project.
It was announced on August 17th that Xàbia had managed 1,875 billion euros of European ERDF funds 2021-2027 to develop an ambitious digital transformation project which includes, among other actions, a Smart Office, Artificial Intelligence and a Digital Twin.
However, during the last plenary session it was clarified that That amount corresponds to the overall planned investment and not entirely to European funding..
Approximately 1,2 million in aid and 750.000 euros from the municipality
The matter came to light during the questions posed by the spokesperson for PSPV-PSOE, José Chulvi, who asked the government team to specify the cost of the project and whether the City Council should make any financial contribution.
She was the finance councillor, Teresa Legaywho explained that the funding obtained amounts to approximately 1,2 millones de euros The City Council will have to contribute the remaining amount needed to complete the project, around €750.000. The decision regarding the grant is still provisional, as the councilwoman explained during the session.
The clarification generated debate because The municipal contribution was not included in the initial communication with which the acquisition of the funds was announced. Chulvi also welcomed Xàbia's securing of European funding, but criticized the lack of prior disclosure regarding the outlay the City Council would have to bear and demanded greater transparency about the project.
The councilor also Vox, Jose Marcos PonsHe requested that the information initially released be corrected to reflect the municipal contribution.
The government defends the importance of the subsidy
The governing team, for its part, defended the importance of having secured European funding. Legay acknowledged during the debate that the initial communication did not include all the information regarding the financing, but emphasized the significance of having obtained the funds to develop the modernization project.
The plenary session also revealed other details. The preparation of the proposal involved the work from different municipal departments and with external consulting, the cost of which is between 14.000 and 15.000 euros, as the Finance Minister indicated.
What does Xàbia intend to do with the project?
The investment maintains the objectives initially announced. Among the planned actions is the creation of a Smart Office that allows for the centralization and analysis of information on mobility, traffic, and capacity counts, , environment, territory or coastline.
The plan also includes the use of sensors, IoT systems, Artificial Intelligence, and a Digital Twin to obtain real-time information and improve municipal planning and response capabilities.
The project aims to apply these tools, among other areas, to the control of mobility and capacity, the fire prevention, coastal surveillance and posidonia or tourism management.
“From their ‘Smart’ project: Europe will finance 1,2 million euros and the City Council will contribute 750.000 euros” or, with a bit more of a hook, “: the City Council will contribute 750.000 euros.” This second one tells exactly where the novelty lies without getting into the fray. political regarding whether or not there was an intention to hide it.
They can't even keep the sidewalks clean or clean the parks. There's no reliable bus service, the waiting list is enormous, and they want to spend this money on something "smart." Shameful.
Bravo. As a foreign resident in Jávea who pays all her taxes, I agree with you 100%. We don't want the IoT (Internet of Things), nor do we need "smart" controls. We want and need—among other things—good services, buses that reach residential areas, better quality roads and traffic signs, and cleanliness. And as Vecino says below, we all know that this "smart" technology only serves to control every aspect of citizens' lives, not to fight crime. It's a trap!
We're being eaten alive like never before, but all Rosita cares about is controlling us to squeeze more money out of us or restrict our freedoms. Jávea is completely abandoned, the streets and sidewalks are destroyed and filthy, the parks and gardens are dumps where leaves mix with trash and bottles, streetlights are nonexistent, public transport is an insult, and the law of the most shameless, the most brazen, the most thuggish prevails. But it doesn't matter, when Rosita gets her AI (at least she'll get some), she'll control everything and this will be paradise. Get ready, neighbor, don't take out the trash five minutes late because the fine will leave you broke. Don't stop your car to pick up your grandmother because it will be considered an act of terrorism. No, no, no... But the bars will continue to take over all the public space, bicycles and scooters will continue to be chained to lampposts and signs blocking the way, the hicks will continue with their mopeds with open exhausts, the drinking parties, the mobile discos, the disturbances, and the filth and chaos will continue because, in addition to intelligence, you also need morals and the capacity to work. Just when we thought it couldn't get any worse than the last mayor, this one has far surpassed him.
It's clear that the mayor's true colors have been revealed, as she boasted about what she had obtained.
Honestly, after carefully reading what they intend to do with almost 2 million euros, one has serious doubts about its usefulness.
Another curious detail is the reaction of the Vox councilor, who seems to have been unaware of the city council's contribution. If he's part of the governing team, it means they're taking him for a ride, or he's completely clueless.
What a team!!!
The comments made here are the reality; many more could be added, but the negative ones far outweigh the positive ones.
Call elections, because the shit is literally taking over, the people need solutions, who want them, it is clear that the current corporation neither wants them nor has them in mind, what's more, they ignore the requests of the citizens.
Do you know what you're saying?
It's laughable!