The Council of Tenerife has invested 435,000 euros in financing the rehabilitation works on the road to land of wheatin the municipality of the silos, which have been executed by the Silense City Council. The counselor of the Natural Environment Management and Security area, Isabel Garcia (PSOE)and the mayor Macarena Fuentes (CC) They have visited the place this Friday, May 6.
“We have provided the Municipality of Los Silos the rehabilitation of this road, which connects the town center with the hamlet of Wheat Land. A road that, in addition, runs through an important site of scientific interest for the island, with spectacular landscapes of thermophilic forest”, valued the councilor of the area Elizabeth Garciawho added that “in this way we contribute to facilitating access for neighbors in safe conditions, and also for many people who transit from El Tanque to Isla Baja this way.”
Macarena Fuentes sees “with special satisfaction that this project started in 2017, executed in several phases, and that has had to overcome several delays Due to bureaucratic procedures and restrictions due to the health crisis, it may be completed today. In his opinion, it is “a very important action for road communications between the town center and the middle of the town, since it allows us to have a road, which runs through a protected natural area, in better conditions and with the necessary security measures for the circulation of vehicles.
The work has been divided into three sections, an initial part, closer to the farmhouse of land of wheat, another intermediate part that runs through the Interian Site of Scientific Interest and a final part that connects with the TF-42 road. In this Friday’s visit, the Councilor for Urbanism from Silense also participated, Juan Luis Gorrinand personnel from the Natural Environment and Security area.
The Site of Scientific Interest of Interián
The Site of Scientific Interest of Interián is a cliff of great landscape value. It houses an interesting community of thermophilic forest, with important populations of seedlings, blood sticks, barbuzanos, palm trees and dragon trees. Among the flora, many protected species stand out, such as the chahorra (Sideretiskueglerian) and bobblehead (Cheirolophus webbianus). The entire cliff represents a space of great environmental and aesthetic value for Isla Baja, which continues to the east through the rest of the protected landscape of the La Culata cliffs, and to the west through the Teno cliffs. It was declared a site of scientific interest and an area of ecological sensitivity by Autonomous Law 12/94, later merged with the Canary Islands Territory Planning Law by Legislative Decree 1/2000.
