The Almería Provincial Council allocates over €500,000 to the PFEA for works in Gérgal, Nacimiento, Alcudia de Monteagud, and Tahal, generating nearly 3,500 jobs.
The Agricultural Employment Promotion Programme (PFEA) has mobilised over half a million euros in the province of Almería to carry out works in four municipalities: Gérgal, Nacimiento, Alcudia de Monteagud, and Tahal. The initiative, coordinated between the SEPE, the Junta de Andalucía, the Provincial Council, and the town councils, will generate nearly 3,500 jobs and improve local infrastructures such as streets, water networks, and public spaces.
Investment by municipality: Gérgal and Nacimiento lead
The provincial deputy of the PFEA, Matilde Díaz, visited the works accompanied by municipal authorities to supervise progress. Díaz highlighted that the programme is an example of collaboration between administrations that translates into concrete improvements for the towns. In Gérgal, the investment exceeds €140,000 and generates more than 1,000 jobs. The actions include the renewal of the pavement on Sebastián Romero Street, in Las Alcubillas, over an area of 775 square metres, and the improvement of the water supply network. Environmental maintenance tasks such as street cleaning, park care, and building painting are also being carried out.
In Nacimiento, the investment amounts to €150,000 and generates more than 1,100 jobs across three projects. One of them involves the renewal of the pavement at the entrance of the municipality from the AL-4403 road, improving pavement, pedestrian crossings, and urban furniture. Another project covers the maintenance of 28 spaces in the municipal area and the Gilma neighbourhood, with gardening and cleaning tasks. Additionally, a 3x3 metre children's splash pool with a filling and draining system is being constructed, and the perimeter fencing is being renewed.
Alcudia de Monteagud and Tahal: works and rehabilitation
In Alcudia de Monteagud, the PFEA mobilises €50,000 and generates more than 350 jobs for the maintenance of paths, trails, squares, green areas, and municipal buildings. The pavement of Tercia and Sauco streets is also being renewed, and the sewage network in the latter is being replaced, with the expansion of drains to improve water drainage. Meanwhile, in Tahal, the investment exceeds €130,000 and creates more than 1,000 jobs. Cleaning, gardening, and replacement of drip irrigation are being carried out, as well as painting municipal facilities and railings in Tahal and Benitorafe. In the squares of the Labyrinth of Benitorafe, the water supply network, pavement, and tree pits are being renewed. There are also interventions on Estación and La Loma streets to improve supply networks, sewage, and pavement.
Furthermore, the old school houses in Tahal will be rehabilitated to become rural tourism accommodation, with a comprehensive reform that includes new electrical and plumbing installations, flooring, cladding, and carpentry. This action aims to boost tourism in the area and provide new economic opportunities.
Díaz emphasised that the PFEA not only improves infrastructures but also generates local employment and economic activity. "Each action allows for the renewal of a space, improvement of a service, or recovery of an infrastructure while simultaneously creating jobs and economic activity in the municipality itself," she noted. The goal is for living in a small town not to mean fewer opportunities or worse services.
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