The city councils of the nine municipalities in the south of Tenerife (Fasnia, Arico, San Miguel, Granadilla, Vilaflor, Arona, Adeje, Guía de Isora and Santiago del Teide) trust in giving a boost in 2022 to key works aimed at facilitating the mobility of citizens, improving public spaces in the areas coastal areas and reinforce its commitment to sanitation, sports, culture and the environment.
This has been stated by the mayors of the region to DIARIO DE AVISOS. These are your priority works for a pre-election year.
ARONA
Arona establishes mobility in Los Cristianos as one of his main objectives. “It is essential to address the traffic situation at once and improve circulation conditions to facilitate the port’s operations without increasing its surface,” said José Julián Mena. In this sense, the mayor of Arona described as “good news” that the General State Budgets this year contemplate 5 million euros for access to the pier, which in his opinion, “reinforces the strategy of the government group of make institutions and parties focus on improving the port, its entrances and exits, with the undergrounding of Chayofita avenue almost to the highway and the transfer of the current bus stop to a transport interchange on said avenue ” . In this sense, Mena highlighted the “consensus” that has been generated around the need to invest in the modernization of Los Cristianos.
Adeje
From Adeje, it is recalled that the experience of the last two years recommends caution when planning large investments, because health priorities have interposed themselves in the lines of work. Its mayor, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, indicated that 2022 should be the time for the completion of the new theater in Adejero and the “social, economic and cultural” boost in the area around the premises. The councilor also advanced that an “important multifunctional stadium” is projected that will become a “hallmark”. The current government group will maintain the development of infrastructures, both in the residential and tourist areas, and these include new parking spaces. Finally, Rodríguez Fraga highlighted other projects linked to the municipality’s great green bet: the Productive Forest, a space aimed at eliminating the carbon footprint. Along these lines, he also underlined a plan for energy communities to provide the municipality with renewable energy.
Granadilla de Abona
The mayor of Granadilla de Abona, José Domingo Regalado, highlighted as a key work the construction of the wastewater treatment plant, as well as the sanitation and supply network, both on the coasts and in the midlands. In addition, he stressed that last year work began on the industrial area treatment plant, the Ensenada Pelada wastewater treatment and pumping station, and the medianías and coastal pumping collectors. “The works will end in 2023, if the established deadlines are met, and will mean the municipality’s progress in sustainability and respect for the environment,” said the councilor. The investment exceeds 40 million euros and will allow Granadilla to obtain reclaimed water for gardens and agriculture. Regalado also highlighted the continuity of the 2020-2023 Road and Asphalt Improvement Plan, which includes actions in a hundred streets of the municipality, with the commitment to the pedestrianization of some of them and the creation of new squares and public spaces.
Guide of Isora
Josefa Mesa, mayoress of Guía de Isora, commented, among the most demanded projects for the new year, the works that will be executed, in collaboration with the Cabildo, on Avenida del Emigrante, in Playa San Juan, where the area of the coastline together with open commercial areas. He also mentioned a public space open to the sea with trees and steps in Alcalá and in the coastal area of Méndez, and the “more than necessary” work of the public car parks of El Pilón, in the town of Guía, which will solve the parking deficit . Mesa also hopes to sign the agreement with the Cabildo for the Alcalá crossing and to be able to tender the project this year. But 2022 will also bring news in the municipality’s tourism policy, “which will continue to be limited and of quality,” Mesa explained. “If all goes well, two hotels will begin to be built this year.”
San Miguel de Abona
San Miguel de Abona considers the completion of the Las Chafiras link on the TF-1 to be key, which will end one of the largest traffic funnels on the South Highway through which more than 70,000 vehicles circulate every day. But the macro-work carried out by the Government of the Canary Islands is not the only priority set by the City Council. Its mayor, Arturo González, hopes that this year the works of the Health Center in Llano del Camello, which accumulates a delay of two years, and the regeneration work of the San Salvador beach will finally be completed. It also trusts the opening of the La Alborada nursing home 24 hours a day.
Arico
Arico contemplates the renovation of all the sports centers in the town, the construction of a sports hall in Las Listadas and the resurfacing of the Arico Viejo, El Bueno, Icor and La Cisnera roads. Beyond municipal powers, its mayor, Sebastián Martín, recalled that the City Council has given 12,000 square meters for the Government of the Canary Islands to start the construction of a school in Abades. In addition, he indicated that, within the actions planned by the Cabildo, there is another highly anticipated work: the expansion of the Abades center for the elderly, which will cease to be a day center to become dependencies with night service with capacity for more 70 seats. Finally, Martín also included among the priorities the renovation of the Arico Viejo supply network, in order to end water losses and service cuts suffered by residents.
SANTIAGO DEL TEIDE
In addition to the progress of the works on the Insular Ring, other smaller infrastructures aimed at solving or reducing mobility problems occupy a prominent place on the new year’s agenda for Santiago del Teide. In this sense, a new parking area in Los Gigantes, in Puerto Santiago, takes a special role, and another is being studied in Tamaimo, the nucleus in which the sanitation system will be completed in 2022. At the same time, the work of the regional treatment plant is being carried out. This was stated by the mayor, Emilio Navarro, who advanced that the City Council will continue to promote parks to eliminate carbon and will maintain the commitment to renew tourist spaces and improve the towns of the upper area through ecotourism projects. Finally, he highlighted a digitalization and intelligence plan linked to tourists who visit the municipality, “because after the pandemic everything has changed.”
FASNIA
Damián Pérez, mayor of Fasnia, declared that, within the ‘Tenerife y el Mar’ program, the priority is to regenerate the municipality’s coastline, both in Las Eras, with the repair of the breakwater, and in Los Roques, with the improvement of the beach next to the Bahía apartments. In addition, the councilor trusts that this year the definitive impulse will be given to the remodeling of the old Fasnia cinema. “We want to convert it into a multifunctional space, which will be very important because we do not have any closed site with the capacity to accommodate a significant number of people,” said Damián Pérez, who completed the chapter on priorities with the arrangement of the old church of San Joaquín , popularly known as the “old church”. “We have had a project for years and we hope that in 2022 we can protect a site that is a symbol for Fasnia,” he said.
VILAFLOR
The mayor of Vilaflor de Chasna, Agustina Beltrán, highlighted four “vital” works throughout 2022. “The most anticipated is the expansion and urbanization of the municipal cemetery, very necessary as it is a basic service,” he said. But there are also many expectations placed on three municipal projects. “Our intention is to put out to tender the work of adaptation and improvement of the accessibility of the surroundings in front of the church of San Pedro Apóstol, in the old town of Vilaflor; the work of the pedestrian promenade from Punta del Viento to Comercial Chago in La Escalona, and also the main reservoir of El Salguero, which would be the second in the area and which will improve the water service in the municipality ”.
