Sant Julià de Lòria to Build New Waste Centre by 2027

Sant Julià de Lòria council plans to tender the construction and operation of a new waste collection centre and storage facility in the Riverola area within the next six months, aiming for full operation by the end of 2027.

The project features in this year's budget investments and will occupy a 900-square-metre communal plot located between the Valira riverbed and the CG-1 road, just downstream from the River shopping centre. The council secured the land through compulsory transfer as part of a partial plan for a private investor's nearby logistics park.

The parish has lacked a dedicated waste centre and storage since a 2019 landslide destroyed the Portalada facility that summer. Services were then decentralised: the waste centre moved temporarily to a rented site in the Camp de l’Avençadé industrial area in Aixovall, operational since 2 November 2020, while storage materials were spread across multiple leased locations.

Building on communal land will save the council 110,000 to 120,000 euros annually in rents.

Previously, the prior administration advanced plans for a site at Prat de la Teresa, near the CG-1 and opposite Automòbils Pyrenées. That project progressed to signing a May 2022 agreement with the government for an adjacent plot transfer, which would have cut construction costs by eliminating excavation needs, improved user access, and expanded usable building space.

The council scrapped those plans after the Riverola partial plan triggered the compulsory land transfer, presenting a rare opportunity for a ready communal plot.