The Generalitat executes 85.6% of the budgeted investments in 2022

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Last year the Generalitat executed 85.6% of the budgeted investments. It is the lowest figure in the last three years, although it is above the average for the period 2015-2022, which is 81.6%. The Department of Economy headed by Natàlia Mas has highlighted that the Government's execution rate contrasts with that of the central State, which, according to its data, stands at an average of 62.3% in the same period 2015-2021 with respect to the cited 81.6% of the Catalan administration. Central government data for 2022 is not available even though it should have been published at the end of May, according to the Ministry of Finance's calendar. The real investment made by the entire public sector of the Generalitat also represents 17.9% more than the previous year, with the Government figures still provisional. The initial investment budget, a total of 1,816.9 million, includes the amounts corresponding to the 2022 year, and resources from the European fund are not accounted for.

The Generalitat highlights that the execution of its entire public sector "consolidates the progressive recovery of investments that began after the financial crisis" and almost doubles the amount of five years ago (809.8 million). Regarding Job Function Email Database investment per inhabitant, the execution reaches 199.57 euros per inhabitant, compared to 106.55 euros in 2018. Among the most notable actions of last year are the railway investments in the L-9 (65.8 million), the purchase of rolling stock for the metropolitan lines of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (51.3 million), the remodeling of the Hospital Clínic (26.8 million) and the expansion and reform of the Viladecans Hospital (20.3 million). The school equipment plans of the Barcelona Education Consortium and the Department of Education took 28.4 million; the purchase of housing on behalf of the Housing Agency of Catalonia for social uses, another 26.6 million; and the investment associated with the Segarra-Garrigues irrigation, another 23 million, among other items.



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