The Popular Party has presented an initiative to address the deterioration of the Spanish dam park. Its emergency plan, with a total planned investment of 100,000 million until 2035, allocates at least 10% to modernizing infrastructure. The measure starts from a technical audit to prioritize actions, criticizing the insufficient investment in maintenance in recent years.
Technical audit and monitoring as the basis for modernization 📊
The plan establishes as the first step a comprehensive audit of all state dams. This technical diagnosis will allow categorizing the risk of each infrastructure and directing investments efficiently. The planned modernization would include real-time monitoring systems, pressure and deformation sensors, and updating of emergency plans, many of which are obsolete.
A leak-proof plan (and legislature-proof) 🏗️
The most innovative aspect of the plan may be its calendar, which extends beyond several political cycles. It seems designed so that those who propose it do not have to execute it, and those who execute it cannot claim the credit. A financial and institutional engineering that, hopefully, is as solid as the dams it intends to repair. At least the debate is no longer dammed.