The Urgell canal modernization project, a colossal project estimated at one billion euros and with an implementation plan of approximately fifteen years, will have to wait a few more months for the final approval of the irrigators. Since the irrigation community presented the proposed financing agreement and the new technical and economic details of the comprehensive modernization of the irrigation system at its assembly on September 2, another series of community assemblies has followed, in which numerous irrigators have expressed their reluctance. Torregrossa, Fuliola, Térmens, Ivars de Urgell, Linyola, Miralcamp, Montgai… The meetings, some particularly tense, have highlighted the farmers' main concerns, such as the need for prior land consolidation, aid for farmers to prepare their farms, and a feared merger.