The vice president and counselor of Roads of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Enrique Arriaga, reported this Friday to the Plenary of the corporation the waiver of the 5 million from the State under the agreement between both administrations for the design of the trains on the island.
In response to a question from the Nationalist Group, it has confirmed that they have not carried out “any formalities” because they will not continue to allocate finalist money to projects that do not have committed funding or social and political consensus.
Arriaga does not understand that in CC “they are concerned” about the spending of 50,000 euros in the consultation of the tram to Los Rodeos and support 5 million “for something that it is not known if it can be done or not”, making it clear that this item cannot be used for social spending.
In addition, he has wondered what is the use of spending 5 million in planning if later “they are going to oppose”, taking as an example the “ups and downs” of the nationalists during this Legislature with the train itself, the port of Fonsalía, the extension of the tram or debugging.
However, he has pointed out that if the project finally goes ahead “you can start” with the existing planning and the missing projects will be carried out in parallel. “Clarify the ideas about what you want or not for Tenerife,” he said.
Félix Fariña (CC-PNC) has accused the island government of “letting go” the money that was committed ten years ago in a bilateral agreement with the State and in which some 22 million euros have already been invested.
He has said that it is a finalist money to “continue planning the future” and called it “very serious” that this item is renounced, because it also adds to the “low” budget execution on roads, just over 30 percent. “It all adds up and there are many millions that are not put on the island and do not contribute to the economy and planning for the future,” he commented.
