Between May and June, the new prison in Zubieta will be opened
The opening of the new prison in Gipuzkoa will bring down the old prison in San Sebastian and then 400 sheltered homes in Txomin Enea.
The Basque Government has announced the opening of the Gipuzkoa Penitentiary in Zubieta between May and June, so that transfers from the Martutene Penitentiary will begin.
The announcement was made at an event outside Martutene prison, attended by Housing and Urban Agenda Counsellor Denis Itxaso, Justice and Human Rights Counsellor Maria Jesús San José and Secretary of State for Housing and Urban Agenda David Lucas.
With the opening of the new centre, the Department of Housing and Urban Agenda is working on the demolition project of the current prison, which will be drafted by Visesa (which is scheduled to be awarded in March) and handed over to Casa47 in September. This State agency will carry out the demolition with a budget of approximately EUR 4 million. The operation will also include the filling of land necessary to raise the level of the site and avoid flooding, as well as well as the urbanization works.
To activate the process, a number of agreements will be signed . visesa will cede the technical project to Casa47 and the Ministry of the Interior, owner of the property, will have to cede the old prison to that institution. Once the project and the site are available, Casa47 will be able to apply to the City of San Sebastián for a licence to tender and demolish the works.
At the same time, the City Council of San Sebastián, Visesa and Casa47 are working on a tripartite agreement to promote residential development . The initially planned free housing will be converted into priced housing with affordable prices for the middle classes and with the aim of increasing the supply for the different levels of income of the city. The new area will allow the urban development of Txomin Enea to be completed in accordance with municipal planning.
With regard to the opening of the centre in Zubieta, Counsellor María Jesús San José points out that the step forwardin consolidating the Basque prison model will be . In the next few days, the public company SIEPSE will transfer the property to the General Directorate of Heritage of the Spanish Government, before it is received by the Basque Government in the Joint Transfer Commission.
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