The Aragonese Parliament has addressed this Monday, within the Institutional Commission, a proposal from the PSOE aimed at launching a public call for grants directed at local administrations, with the objective of promoting the rehabilitation of heritage and improving accessibility in historical buildings. The initiative did not move forward after receiving the rejection from PP and Vox.
In his intervention, the deputy Darío Villagrasa (PSOE) proposed "to carry out a call with urgent character, in this same exercise, with the same resources" for a specific action such as improving accessibility in singular buildings, which "usually has a higher cost and is always relegated to a second plane," he pointed out.
On behalf of the PP, Ester Artieda argued that, due to administrative times, "it is complex to be able to launch this initiative before the end of 2026," as set by the text. In this line, she defended an 'in voce' amendment to continue advancing based on the available budget items and with an adequate programming, which ultimately was not incorporated.
From Vox, David Arranz expressed his support for actions that favor accessibility and emphasized that the PP and Vox executives in Aragon "have implemented numerous heritage conservation projects," among which are these types of aids. However, he warned that the socialist proposal presents "a temporal impossibility" and, therefore, suggested eliminating the established time limit.
On behalf of CHA, Mary Carmen Bozal agreed on "the need to recover this call that allows improving accessibility and benefits local administrations." At the same time, she defended the importance of "restoring with criteria" and "establishing a clear and future project for each building after the recovery of heritage."
From Aragón-Teruel Existe, Tomás Guitarte emphasized that the defense of heritage "must always be linked to everyone being able to visit it" and that "it is of no use to conserve it if a part of the citizenry cannot access it." Thus, Guitarte supported the initiative considering that it responds to "a real need of the territory."