Puerto de Sagunto gets barrier-free pavements across seven central streets
A busy residential block in Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district) has new lowered kerbs and resurfaced footpaths across seven streets, the first resident-voted project to be finished under the 2026 Participatory Budget.
Residents of Puerto de Sagunto can now move without step-barriers along a continuous route linking two of the district's main avenues. Contractor Pavasal worked through a compact cluster of streets — Alfambra, Murillo, La Plana, Sepúlveda, Gibraltar, Lope de Vega and Santiago — lowering kerbs and relaying worn pavements to create connected accessible paths in both directions.
The bill came in around 17% above budget: residents had earmarked €120,000 in the 2026 Participatory Budget (presupuestos participativos — a scheme where locals vote on neighbourhood spending), but the final invoice reached €140,000. The project is the first citizen-initiated works item from the current budget cycle to reach completion.
The upgrade is part of a broader structural shift at City Hall. Sagunto's newly formed Municipal Department for Public Space and Mobility — set up to bundle all pavement, road surface and mobility decisions under a single coordinating body rather than scattered across departments — previously tackled areas including Calle San Pedro and the historic town centre. Streets lined up next include Calle Uranio and several roads in the Virgen del Carmen neighbourhood. According to Sagunto City Council, Councillor Javier Raro describes the goal as building accessible coverage progressively and systematically across the whole municipality.