Large cities, in addition to managing day-to-day affairs, always have major projects on the table that are difficult to get off the ground, whether due to budget constraints or the need to involve other levels of government, such as the Catalan or Spanish national governments. Tarragona is no exception. Over the last ten years, the mayors who have managed the city have had to think and rethink solutions for the old tobacco factory, the Savinosa neighborhood, the lack of funding for the maintenance of the Roman ruins, the city's urban growth, and the new train station. Some projects still need to be unblocked, but the reality is that, after ten years, the most important ones at least have a clear path forward.

The machines are now ready to be reinstalled at the Tarragona Tobacco Factory and give a second life to this 68,000-square-meter industrial complex, which stopped producing tobacco in 2007. "When we have the building permit, we will move in as quickly as possible," Ferran Thomas, manager of the Universo Vira y Virgilio School (URV), told the newspaper ARA. Their intention is to begin teaching the Bachelor's Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences in September 2026 in module 5 of the Tobacco Factory, and they are ready to begin construction. Tarragona City Council already approved in its last plenary session the awarding of the 40-year concession to EUSES for this module, in exchange for an annual fee of €212,300, which will be required after the 20th year. The university school has already submitted the basic project and is awaiting the City Council's approval of the building permit to begin the initial renovation and demolition work. At the same time, EUSES will also have to present the executive project for authorization of the entire planned transformation, but the works will have already begun. The mayor of Tarragona, Rubén Viñuales, is optimistic and assures that "the works will begin in March or, at the latest, in April."