In 2025, Vila Nova de Famalicão Town Hall will have a budget of 219 million euros, the largest ever in the history of municipal accounts. 

The proposed budget will be analysed at the extraordinary executive meeting next Monday, December 2, at 10h00. Later, the Mayor, Mário Passos, will present the main lines of the document at a press conference scheduled for 15h00 at the Town Hall. 

The mayor speaks of a budget that "consolidates the ambitious work" that has been carried out in Famalicão and that represents the executive's ability to respond to the wishes and aspirations of the people of Famalicão and to structure the territory for the future. 

The figures can be explained by the forecast of a record investment of more than 77 million euros - an increase of 98 per cent compared to 2024 - "to advance and continue a series of fundamental works for the future of Famalicão".

Mário Passos is talking about projects "with an impact on the daily lives of Famalicenses" in areas such as the Environment, Housing, Education, Health, Sports, Roads and Accessibility.

This is the case with the construction of the Athletics Centre, the new Famalicão Municipal Swimming Pools, and a series of interventions in the municipality's school park, in particular the intervention at the Padre Benjamim Salgado Secondary School in Joane. In terms of health, the municipality also has a series of structural interventions underway and yet to be launched to improve primary health care in the municipality: in São Miguel-o-Anjo, Joane, USF Urbana, USF do Vale do Este and UCSP Ruivães e Landim. Also noteworthy is the completion of the Sinçães Norte Park, the start of construction of the Queimados Park, the set of road network improvement works, with interventions on Municipal Roads 572, 562, 571 and 571-1, Avenida Marechal Humberto Delgado, the construction of a new roundabout on the Intermunicipal Road linking to Mogege, among others. Also noteworthy is the start of the contract to complete the water supply network, the extension of the sewage network and the construction of the new car park next to the USF Urbana.

These projects are "underpinned by solid, responsible and balanced municipal accounts, but at the same time by the great capacity that the municipality has shown in attracting and implementing community funds", writes the mayor in the document's opening note.

The municipal budget for 2025, which points to a current balance of more than 2.8 million euros, thus confirming the municipality's budget balance, also provides for an increase in direct support granted to parishes: 8.4 million euros, compared to 6.7 million in 2024. 

Also noteworthy is the decrease in the weight of current expenditure in the municipality's overall budget. In 2024, they accounted for 69 per cent of the budget, while in 2025 they will fall to 58 per cent. 

"Our focus from day one has been on promoting the well-being of all Famalicenses and building an increasingly dynamic, innovative, cohesive, sustainable and attractive municipality, and 2025 will be no exception," assures Mário Passos, who adds that it is “with great rigour and responsibility” that the municipal executive will continue to fulfil its mission of making Famalicão grow and providing stability for Famalicenses.