The president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, and the mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, held a work meeting on Tuesday in which it was agreed that the regional Executive will allocate one million euros to the construction of the future Municipal Market of La Laguna, a facility that disappeared more than ten years ago and that has kept merchants in temporary positions all this time.
The old building was demolished in 2008, during the mandate of Ana Oramas (Canarian Coalition) as mayor of the city, and Fernando Clavijo as councilor for Urban Planning.
Luis Yeray Gutiérrez stressed that it is “a basic infrastructure that the citizens of La Laguna have been demanding for more than a decade,” while thanking “the president’s sensitivity to the municipality.”
“This is a very important investment, and having the financial support of the Government of the Canary Islands is very good news that allows us to continue advancing in one of the great challenges of this government group: to recover the municipal market for La Laguna, in its old location in the Plaza del Adelantado, with a modern building, adapted to the demands and needs of our times”, has assessed Luis Yeray Gutiérrez.
The mayor reported that the drafting of the channeling project for the La Carnicería ravine, essential for the future execution of the Market, is well advanced, so that this year the work that will establish the new channeling and that will have with an estimated budget of 4.5 million euros, since it currently runs below the plot on which the future arcade will be built. Once the channeling is completed, the project for the design of the building can be contracted, an installation that will be accompanied by an underground car park and a new square.
He also recalled that the design of the new building will arise from a participatory process in which the opinion of the recoveros has already been obtained and that a new stage has now begun with direct consultations with the public: “The Market merchants have been years in temporary facilities, in which they were located after the demolition of the old arcade with the promise that they would return shortly. We want to assume that commitment that previous corporations did not know how to or were unable to fulfill and give voice to the citizenship”.
The opening of the consultation process to neighborhood groups and citizens in general will allow the City Council “to configure in a consensual way the new facility that will replace the old design, turning it into a European benchmark”, assured the mayor. The query form can be made through the city website.
