The Municipality of Puerto de la Cruz announces a reinforcement of surveillance and controls of alcohol and drug consumption during the holiday period of Holy Week. The local government (PSOE-ACP) emphasizes that this initiative aims, above all, to “improve road safety in the municipality”, although it will also help reduce inconvenience to residents and visitors at night. These police controls will be distributed, at different times, in different areas of the tourist city.
The municipal government, which presides over Marco Gonzalez (PSOE)emphasizes that these actions are added to the special display that has been designed for Holy Week to guarantee security in the municipality, since a large influx of both tourists and visitors from other places on the island is expected to enjoy the tourist and commercial offer offered by the city.
“We know that one of the issues that our visitors value most is the security that our municipality boasts”
«We know that one of the issues that our visitors value most is the security that our municipality boasts and for this reason, precisely, it must be reinforced these days when Cross port receives more visits than in other ordinary periods”, emphasizes the mayor, who is also directly responsible for the area of Citizen security.
In addition to the increase in controls to detect drivers who have consumed alcohol and drugsthe Consistory of the tourist city makes «a call to the public to continue to respect the rules relating, above all, to road traffic to avoid incidents such as the one that occurred this past weekend due to the fall of a vehicle to a lot from the TF-316. An accident in which the driver of the vehicle tested positive for alcohol and drugs».
From the end of the year 2021, the Local Police and the National Police of Puerto de la Cruz They have also reinforced actions to avoid crowds and disturbances in regular bottle drinking areas, where groups of young people tend to gather to drink alcohol on public roads. A practice that is not allowed.
