The project, funded by European funds from the Integrated Local Development Strategy (EDIL), aims to preserve materials that are valuable for city maintenance due to their uniqueness or the difficulty of manufacturing them. The pieces, popularly known as Gaudi tiles, are reproductions that are no longer manufactured, making it difficult to find original replacements.
Officials from the Department of Urban Maintenance have overseen the demolition process of the current sidewalks. Construction staff are carefully removing the elements for transport to municipal warehouses, where they will be available for future conservation work in other parts of the city.
This recovery policy is not limited to this type of pavement. According to municipal sources, the council follows a standard resource-saving procedure that includes stockpiling other noble materials, such as flamed, sawn, or sheared granite cobblestones, to maintain the aesthetic uniformity and quality of Jaen's public spaces.
