Parish council invests in water supply enhancements, road safety, new waste facility, and central car park

Sant Julià de Lòria parish council has allocated one million euros to enhance its water network, covering drinking water supply, wastewater separation, the treatment plant and other service improvements.

Road widening projects along Carrer de la Rabassa, from the final bend to the Fontanelles canal, will incorporate new water pipes laid in open trenches. These will enable full interconnection between the village's main reservoir and those in Aixirivall and Auvinyà by 2027. The measure, drawn from the parish's maximum load capacity studies, aims to provide mutual support during issues like breakdowns or droughts. Parish major Cerni Cairat stated that the reservoirs must link up to assist one another in potential future problems.

A separate 600,000-euro investment will improve road safety on the same Carrer de la Rabassa stretch, which handles high visitor volumes.

This year, the council will tender construction and operation of a new waste collection facility in the Riberola area, beside the CG-1 road in the southern parish zone. Double the capacity of prior plans, it will feature its own storage and deliver annual savings of 110,000 to 120,000 euros on Aixovall industrial unit rentals. The former communal site shut after the 10 August 2019 Portalada landslide, prompting initial consideration—and later rejection—of Prat de la Tresa, north of Sant Julià toward Andorra la Vella. The facility should open in 2027.

Negotiations with a private operator continue for a new central car park to ease shortages during fairs and events. It is absent from the 2026 budget, approved 30 December, as Cairat noted: until a contract is secured with the private party, the council cannot approve the required extraordinary credit due to unknown final costs.