Compromís to bring July plenary motion demanding port authority honour Sagunto deal
Seven years after Sagunto City Council signed an agreement with the Valencian Port Authority, Compromís says key commitments remain unmet and is calling for a united front of public administrations to break the deadlock.
Compromís spokesperson Maria Josep Picó will table a motion at Sagunto City Council's July plenary session demanding compliance with the 2019 agreement with the Autoritat Portuària de València (APV — Valencian Port Authority). The coalition says the port-city integration, Pantalà pier restoration, southern coastal regeneration and the Roman Port Interpretation Centre all remain undelivered.
The APV — a state body under Spain's Ministry of Transport that has managed the ports of Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia since 1993 — submitted a revised Port Space Delimitation Plan (DEUP) in November 2025 that, according to Compromís, removes around 100,000 square metres earmarked in the 2019 deal for opening Moll Nord quay as public space. A Sagunto urban planning report rejects the revision as insufficiently justified.
The Port of Sagunto holds a leading position in Spain's vehicle-logistics ranking, operating around 50 hectares dedicated to automotive handling, which gives strategic weight to the land-use dispute. The motion also requests that the Ministry of Transport be notified and its intervention sought, and alleges the APV is negotiating a new agreement directly with the mayor without an official file registered at the town hall. Reported by El Periódico de Aquí.