Nueva Canarias de Tenerife expresses its “frontal rejection” of the construction of the Fonsalía port and proposes as an alternative the combined use of those already existing in Los Cristianos and Granadilla. This party considers that the “mega-infrastructure” projected in the municipality of Guía de Isora “is not justified” from the point of view of providing the public service of maritime transport and warns that it will cause “irreparable environmental damage.” He understands that there are other solutions for the saturation of Los Cristianos and advocates that a committee of experts prepare a study on maritime transport in this area and address the feasibility of combining the current ports to respond to the need for rapid mobility and safe.
“Our training firmly and sincerely supports a model of sustainable development for Tenerife and for the Canary Islands as a whole, in which unnecessary, ineffective and unsustainable projects such as Fonsalía have no place”, argues the territorial coordinator of Nueva Canarias in Tenerife, Valentín Belt. In this regard, the NC organization from Tenerife will request the national executive, chaired by Román Rodríguez, the adoption of an agreement to make explicit the opposition to the project and the promotion of institutional initiatives in Parliament, councils and city councils to witness such rejection in all the Islands. In any case, it reiterates its “commitment to the economic and social development of Tenerife, from the principles of environmental sustainability, defense of public services, including mobility between the islands, solidarity, social justice and equality.” Correa declares that this opposition to the port of Fonsalía is the “majority” among Tenerife and Canary Islands society.
The parliamentary groups supported on June 9 a non-law proposal of the PP to promote the port of Fonsalía, with the rejection of Sí Podemos Canarias. Deputy Manuel Domínguez linked the initiative to the connectivity and mobility of people and goods and assured that it is extremely respectful with the environment. The project dates from 2001 and would have an investment of around 200 million euros, has had a favorable environmental impact statement since 2014. Esther González, from Nueva Canarias, linked the infrastructure, which has been expected for more than 30 years , to the “chaotic” situation in Los Cristianos.
