Cales de Pachs signs an agreement to recover a path from the Sant Jaume mountain

The agreement establishes that the path located in this location will be recovered but maintaining the safety conditions of the quarry enclosure

The Vilafranca City Council, the Pacs i Cales de Pachs City Council, have signed an agreement to recover the access path to the top of Sant Jaume mountain.

In 2011, Vilafranca City Council bought the land of Casal 2000, a rustic property located on the Sant Jaume mountain, from the La Principal-Casal Society, to develop sports and leisure activities . The farm is located on the southeast side of the mountain, and goes from the 240 m level, at the lowest point, to the ridge of the mountain, where it borders the quarry of Cales de Pachs SA, already in the municipality of Pacs del Penedès.

Close to the border between the two estates, in the last 20 years, along the ridge, a path has been built that was used by hikers and runners. But the presence of more and more people walking there, which increased considerably after the end of the first phase of the pandemic, made the Cales de Pachs company start the procedures in order to complete the perimeter fence at the southern end of the quarry, for safety reasons and in order to comply with the Mining Safety Regulations.

The perimeter fence prevented passage along a section of this road, and this caused complaints from some residents and users.

For this reason, Cales de Pachs, Pacs City Council and Vilafranca City Council have decided to sign an agreement with the main objective of recovering the footpath, and at the same time maintaining the safety conditions of the quarry enclosure. With this agreement, Cales de Pachs also undertakes to carry out an action to improve the landscape of the space, planting up to 120 specimens of white pine along the path.

This action is added to those already carried out by the Pacs del Penedès company in 2001, when it agreed with the society La Principal-Casal to install a protective fence, plant a large number of pine trees , the construction of 48 barbecues and the restoration of an old quarry located on the Casal grounds, among others.

It is expected that the action will be completed next November.