The Generalitat, Catalonia’s regional government, has ruled out deflating personal income tax, according to APD Notícies, linking the decision to the planned €700 million new Josep Trueta Hospital and health campus between Girona and Salt.

For Girona residents who pay personal income tax, the immediate consequence is that no tax reduction through bracket deflation has been announced. The government’s position is that the hospital scheme remains a major public investment, scheduled to serve about one million people when completed.

“We will not turn back, and the Government of Catalonia will not stop working until it becomes a reality,” Generalitat president Salvador Illa said when the updated protocol for the campus was signed in Girona.

Hospital planned for the Girona-Salt boundary

The future Josep Trueta Hospital is planned for land on the southern edge of the urban area between Girona and Salt. The Generalitat, the city councils of Girona and Salt, the University of Girona and CatSalut, the Catalan Health Service, signed an updated protocol to advance the project.

According to the published timetable, the new hospital is due to open by the end of 2031, subject to the schedule being met. The planned facility would have 180,000 square metres of hospital space, with provision to expand to 190,000 square metres in a later phase.

  • The architectural project competition was due to be resolved in 2025.
  • The construction contract was scheduled to go to tender in the third quarter of 2027.
  • Construction was expected to begin in the second quarter of 2028 and last three years.

The wider campus is planned to occupy about 300,000 square metres, including 250,000 square metres of new construction. That total includes the hospital, University of Girona faculties, an innovation centre and parking.

Urban works and housing proposal remain separate issues

Girona and Salt councils are also working on planning changes for roads, roundabouts, lighting and water connections around the site. Girona City Council has proposed 370 homes near Parc Jordi Vilamitjana, of which 40% would be social housing, while relocating the park to an adjacent plot beside the Masrocs stream.

Residents organised under the platform “The Park Is Not Too Long” oppose moving the park. The council has said the proposed housing development is part of an arrangement with private landowners affected by the hospital project and that, without it, the council would have to fund more than €10 million in associated works.

Residents seeking updates on the project timetable can check Generalitat budget and government information through the Generalitat’s current budgets page.

Primary sources: govern.cat, govern.cat, eb.gencat.cat, eb.gencat.cat. Reported by Source Text Link, lavanguardia.com, Aniol Costa-Pau, Lurdes Artigas, Sílvia Oller, catalannews.com, Daniela Rojas, Lluís Pellicer, Marta Puig i Vidal, Mireia Esteve, viaempresa.cat, apdnoticies.com.