Lleida approves Truck Center expansion license

Lleida City Council approved the expansion license for Lleida Truck Center on May 21, clearing the way for the project’s second phase at the Torre Solé industrial estate. Segre reported the permit was issued in two weeks to AT Nou Transport and Transports Trota, the local companies behind the development. The expansion adds a new industrial building to a project that began in 2024 and whose first phase — a Volvo Truck & Bus workshop — opened in July 2025. In total, the three-phase project is expected to employ 120 people, according to Segre. ### How fast was the permit approved? Segre reported that the Paeria, as Lleida’s city council is known, granted the expansion license in 14 days. Xavier Bautista, a Lleida Truck Center representative and promoter at Nou Transport, called it an “accelerated” license when the second phase was presented alongside Mayor Fèlix Larrosa on May 21. (segre.com) The city had already highlighted shorter approval times for the project. In a July 30, 2024 statement, the council said the original Truck Center authorization process had taken 58 days, which Mayor Larrosa cited as evidence of faster handling of permits and works licenses. (segre.com) ### What is being built in phase two at Torre Solé? The second phase is a 9,000-square-meter multiservice workshop for heavy vehicles, vans and passenger cars, Segre reported on May 22. Bautista said the building will handle quick mechanical repairs, glass, tires, bodywork and paint, and will also include a wash tunnel. (paeria.cat) Segre’s May 21 report described the new structure as the second building in a three-phase plan and said it would generate 50 jobs. Bautista said the initial workforce would be 50 and could later rise to 80. ### What has already opened at Lleida Truck Center? The first phase was presented in July 2024 and inaugurated in July 2025, according to Segre’s May 22 report. (segre.com) The facility is an official Volvo Truck & Bus workshop of about 2,600 square meters with 20 doors and capacity to repair 30 vehicles at the same time. The current staff is 25 workers, Segre reported. (segre.com) A November 2024 Segre report said the broader development was planned as a 12,000-square-meter complex on a 56,000-square-meter plot between the Camí dels Frares industrial estate, the LL-11 and the southern bypass. That report also said the original project envisaged a 20 million euro investment and 85 jobs, with 50 of them for mechanics. (segre.com) ### Why are local officials talking about this project now? Mayor Fèlix Larrosa appeared with Bautista, deputy mayor Begoña Iglesias and councillor Pilar Bosch when the second phase was presented on May 21, Segre reported. Larrosa said Lleida was sounding “positive” and “full of opportunities,” linking the project to the city’s effort to attract investment. (segre.com) The city had made a similar argument when it introduced the project in 2024. In the council statement, Larrosa said Lleida Truck Center formed part of the Paeria’s reindustrialization policies, which he said were focused on creating industrial land and a new framework for attracting investment. (segre.com) ### What still has to happen before the full project is finished? June 2026 is the target for starting phase-two construction, and Bautista said the new workshop is scheduled to open in May 2027. Segre’s May 21 report had said the second phase was expected to be inaugurated “in a year,” and the more detailed May 22 report gave the month. (paeria.cat) A third phase remains pending. Segre reported that the developers plan to build a vehicle inspection station, or ITV, but that step depends on the Catalan regional government approving liberalization of concessions. Bautista said the ITV operation is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2027 if that regulatory step is completed. (segre.com) (segre.com)