The Governing Council of Council of Tenerife has approved this Wednesday to award the works included in the project to extend the bus lane on the TF-5, from Las Chumberas to the La Laguna interchange, located in Padre Anchieta, for an amount of €403,259.13. A lane of 1,850 meters of preferential use for buses. The Island Councilor for Mobility, Enrique Arriagapoints out that “this lane will make public transport more competitive since buses from titsa they will avoid the retentions that form in the area and the transfer times will be reduced”. He adds that “It is essential to improve public transport access between the municipalities of Santa Cruz of Tenerife Y The lagoon”. Arriaga indicates that “the execution period of the work is four months and its commissioning will be an important incentive for many drivers to leave their car and opt for public transport”. Summarizes the counselor: “This infrastructure, together with the The burying of the TF-24 and the Padre Anchieta footbridge, which are currently being carried out, are key measures to alleviate the flow of vehicles that converge at the entrance to La Laguna through the Padre Anchieta roundabout from the beginning of the next school year”.
two sections
The bus lane for the exclusive use of buses will consist of two sections. The first of them will run between the Las Chumberas stop, on the TF-5 to Camino de La Hornerawith the rehabilitation of the section that runs parallel to the TF-5 motorway. The second will also be preferential for buses and will extend the service road parallel to the TF-5 before its turn towards Cruz de Piedra, so that it connects with the access bus lane to the Interchange at the height of the Pavilion of the University of La Laguna. The island’s director of Mobility, José Alberto León, points out that “the objective of the area is to pass in this mandate from the 3.2 kilometers of existing bus lanes in 2019 to more than 50 in 2023. We work to put Tenerife in motion and do more every day attractive public transport with a quality service, fast and more frequent”
In this way, two sections of bus lane are opened that will allow the buses to leave the TF-5 at Las Chumberas and access the La Laguna Interchange at times when the TF-5 gets stuck with traffic, which which will make lines 015, 20, 102, 103, 104, 106 and 108 more competitive with respect to private vehicles and, in general, all those that go through the TF-5 towards La Laguna and/or the north of the Island. Likewise, the Cabildo de Tenerife processes the tender for the project that would extend the bus lane of the TF-5, between the Hospital Universitario de Canarias (HUC) and Las Chumberas for an amount of around 85,000 euros. With this project to extend the bus lane, the current branch and service road that connects the University Hospital of the Canary Islands with the Guajara Campus, the TF-2 connection, which links the South motorway with the North motorway, and the centers shops located in the area of Las Chumberas. The work would begin in 2023 and would be financed by European funds NextGeneration, for an approximate amount of 4 million euros.
