The Tacoronte City Council announces the forthcoming implementation of an ambitious asphalt paving and sidewalk improvement plan on 92 streets of the northern municipality. An intervention that has begun with the asphalting of the section of the road that runs between the area of Las Toscas and Calle Calvario, at its confluence with the center of Santa Catalina.
The Department of Works and Services of the Town Hall of Tacoronte is carrying out these days the asphalt work of the two lanes of Las Toscas street, “a very important project due to the number of users this route has”according to the councilor responsible for the area, Antonio Gil Goya. This initial action has a budget of 150,000 euros“in which the asphalt paving and repair of deteriorated sidewalks have been incorporated as improvements.”
Gil Goya estimates that these first works will be completed within a period of about 15 days, “after the first actions focused on the sidewalks, which, like the current road, were quite deteriorated, since they had not been repaired for at least two decades. ». For the councilman, “by housing traffic that is of a regional nature, since users from Tacoronte, El Sauzal and other surrounding areas pass through the Las Toscas area, an integral action such as the one we are carrying out was already necessary, with which we not only intend to improve the wearing course, but also to be an incentive for users, businesses and residents of the place, in terms of improving their quality of life».
The mayor of Tacoronte, Jose Daniel Diaz Armas (NC)added that with the current action “we have also provided an improvement for pedestrian mobility on the sidewalks, so that not only is there a role for vehicles, but we also make the area comfortable for pedestrians on their walks and in the use newspaper”.
For the mayor, “this project also entails a change of image for the accesses to the municipality through its lower area, and which, in turn, is a work that represents the beginning of a great asphalting plan that we are going to carry out in the 92 streets of the municipality». In his opinion, “this plan is going to mean a change in the dynamics of pedestrians and traffic, since we are going to have safer roads with greater speed control. The sidewalks will be more comfortable and adapted for the shared use of people with reduced mobility and other types of users.
For the mayor of Tacoronte, “this action is not simply about paving streets, but about assuming the commitment to address a comprehensive treatment of the municipality’s roads, in which the improvements are focused on the adaptation of sidewalks and parking lots. , also favoring that the vehicle is used less in favor of pedestrian traffic.
