Sagunto council tells Valencian government: fund us in line with our strategic weight
The city council voted to demand that the Valencian Government raise its investment in Sagunto, a city of 73,000 inhabitants with major industrial projects that receives only €7 million from the 2026 regional budget.
Sagunto's full council approved a motion on 2 July calling on the regional government of President Pérez Llorca, in office since December 2025 following Carlos Mazón's resignation, to allocate funding proportional to the city's strategic importance. Sagunto now counts 73,031 residents according to the 2025 municipal register, a demographic surge driven by large industrial investments: the PowerCo battery gigafactory received €397 million from the national PERTE VEC programme and €167 million from the Valencian Government itself, alongside projects from Mercadona, Inditex and Tempe. Yet the draft 2026 regional budget allocates only €7 million to the city.
Among the specific demands is an extension of Metrovalencia Line 3 to Sagunto and Puerto de Sagunto (coastal district): the metro line currently runs 24.7 km across 27 stations, with its northern terminus at Rafelbunyol, leaving one of the region's fastest-growing cities without a direct metropolitan rail link. The motion also calls for increased regional presence in healthcare, education and infrastructure, scaled to the municipality's actual size. According to elperiodic.com.