The PSOE of Córdoba asks Bellido to “take seriously” the candidacy for European green capital and triple the number of trees

The socialist spokesperson in the Córdoba City Council, Antonio Hurtadohas demanded this Saturday from the mayor, José María Bellido, that “the candidacy for European Green Capital is taken seriously”, for which he urges you to support and implement the Reforestation Pact that Ecologists in Action promoted in the city and that would mean a important investment in planting trees and plants until 2039, planting 10,000 more trees every year until reaching the 250,000 treesa figure that triples the current figure of only 84,000 trees.

It also requests that convene municipal groups to address the Low Emissions Zone and substantially improve the quality of theair in the city. Hurtado also states that another of the challenges that must be implemented to be valued in the candidacy is to decisively promote Sadeco 5.0 to take advantage of waste and support a circular economy that generates employment and well-being.

The completion of the green belt, the expansion of the bicycle lane network, the pedestrianization of the commercial areasthe commitment to more clean energy in public facilities and a canopy plan to create shadows in the city and public facilities, would be other important milestones that the City Council would have to value in Córdoba’s candidacy, according to says the spokesperson.

In the pending task, the socialist spokesperson includes the Special Plan the sawhe burying of the Guadalmellato canal and a plan cleaning and river maintenancewhich, in his opinion, would complete the actions to be carried out and make Córdoba the European Green Capital in 2026.

Hurtado recalls that the initiative was carried out at the proposal of the socialist municipal group and that its main objectives are “address important challenges in Córdoba that aim to improve air qualitythe reduction of noise pollution, the transition towards the use of clean energy, the circular economy and the reuse of waste, the better management and use of water, healthier and more sustainable mobility and many factors that directly affect the quality of life of the citizens of Córdoba.”