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A participatory process is a sequence of participatory activities (e.g. first filling out a survey, then making proposals, discussing them in face-to-face or virtual meetings, and finally prioritizing them) with the aim of defining and making a decision on a specific topic.
Examples of participatory processes are: a process of electing committee members (where candidatures are first presented, then debated and finally a candidacy is chosen), participatory budgets (where proposals are made, valued economically and voted on with the money available), a strategic planning process, the collaborative drafting of a regulation or norm, the design of an urban space or the production of a public policy plan.
Consulta del Soterrament de Sant Feliu
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About this process
The burying of the road has been a historical claim in Sant Feliu de Llobregat since the recovery of democracy. With the burial it will be possible to sew neighborhoods, create new axes between city streets and break the architectural barriers that currently exist.
Burying has been a social demand throughout history for safety reasons and to put an end to the high danger involved in crossing the level crossing, as shown by the numerous fatal accidents that have occurred in Sant Feliu throughout the history. About 10,000 people cross the level crossing on foot every day.
Also because the burial will allow the improvement of the frequencies of the R1 and R4 Cercanías de Barcelona lines from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and to Sant Vicenç de Calders, and will improve the mobility of people and vehicles, facilitate the reduction of pollution acoustic and environmental; and it will favor the social cohesion of the city. Now, the level crossing remains closed for almost 50 minutes of every hour, as about 150 trains circulate on the railway line every day. Finally, in June the countdown of the 44 months of works of this project 100% financed by the State began.
Thus, after more than 40 years of institutional and civic struggle, Sant Feliu can finally begin to work on its future without the wound opened by the train tracks.
On January 17, 2018, the then Minister of Development, Íñigo de la Serna, announced the completion of the burial, a milestone claimed by the city since the 1980s. The works would be fully financed by the State Government.
After this announcement, the Unitary Submission of the Burying was established, made up of a representative from each municipal group, who valued that Santfeliuenses and Santfeliuenses should have a decisive role in defining the Sant Feliu of the future.
For this reason, a process of participation was proposed, so that citizens could decide what they wanted to happen to the space freed by the roads. In parallel, it was also agreed that the buried space would be screened through an International Ideas Contest that would take into account these citizen wishes and finally a decision was reached that the process would culminate with an open Consultation to all registered people over 16 years of age. in Sant Feliu.
Likewise, the Burial Office was created, with the objective of articulating the mechanisms of institutional relationship, coordination and services related to the burial works, citizen information and projection of the transformation of the city.
The City Council opted for a city model where residents were increasingly active in making decisions related to the day-to-day life of the city, and participation was considered a great tool that made it possible to value desires , requests and interests of citizens.
Thus, the commitment to a participatory model and institutional unity have been key elements to reach the current scenario, since thanks to the agreement between the different municipal groups it has been possible to provide citizens with tools to be able to decide the future of Sant Feliu.
In this sense, a process was carried out in September 2018 in which the requirements of citizens were defined to incorporate into the specifications of the International Ideas Competition for the urbanization of the surface and the transformation of the city.
Of the more than 50 activities carried out to collect citizen initiatives and proposals, 1,416 contributions were collected from almost two thousand participants. These proposals were collected, categorized and grouped. Subsequently, they were validated with the public through three sessions, in order to be able to elaborate the requirements that formed part of the bases of the International Urban Planning Contest.
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