Overview

• The City formally submitted the 2026 budget on September 30 for legislative debate and approval.
• The plan sets capital spending at 20% of the budget versus a recent 16% average, and the executive asserts a fifth consecutive year of fiscal balance.
• Construction of Subte Line F is slated to begin, linking Barracas and Plaza Italia with 12 stations and an estimated 300,000 daily riders.
• A projected 61.7% of funds goes to social services, including Education at 20% (about 3.469 trillion pesos), Health at 16.5% (2.861 trillion), Security at 15% (2.605 trillion) and Promotion and Action Social at 9.3% (1.616 trillion), with targeted tax relief maintained for over 140,000 non‑professional workers and for retirees, pensioners and people with disabilities.
• Transport tops the public-works program with 1.025 trillion pesos in 2026 (5.9% of the total), roughly quadruple 2023, funding rolling-stock renewal on lines A–D, the first stage of an electric Trambús and road and bridge works.