The island vice president, highways councilor and spokesperson for Citizens (Cs), Enrique Arriaga placeholder image, justified this Wednesday, December 22, the amendment of the budget of the Council to guarantee the financing of a work that it considers a priority: the rehabilitation of the general highway of the North (TF-152). The amendment proposes that “an economic item destined to the comprehensive rehabilitation of this road, which runs parallel to the TF-5, and connects the municipalities La Laguna, Tacoronte and El Sauzal». In his opinion, “it is one of the most important and preferred works in the Highways area, and to carry it out it has been asked to have an economic allocation of almost 30 million euros.”
This improvement in budgets has also been requested and endorsed by the councilors of Ciudadanos in the municipality of Tacoronte. In the opinion of Arriaga, “It is important to make certain modifications to the draft budget, as we cannot leave interventions that are fundamental for the next few years.”
“This is a priority action to be able to guarantee road safety and mobility on this road, as well as a neighborhood demand that we have to respond to”
The Highways Counselor stresses that “this is a priority action to ensure road safety and mobility on this road, as well as a neighborhood demand to which we have to respond.” The approximate investment by municipalities of the project would be 19,150,000 euros in The lagoon; about 7,500,000 euros in Tacoronte, and in El Sauzal, about 2,950,000 euros more, “he said Arriaga.
The preliminary work project has been approved in a unique way and distributes the conditioning of the island road in the drafting of seven projects. The works that will be carried out with this rehabilitation include asphalting, provision of public lighting, new pavement, improvement of intersections, the construction of a bicycle path in several of its sections, as well as the installation of new supply and public service networks, or the beautification of open spaces and green areas.
