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.