The neighbors of the nuclei of La Asomada and Las Castrasin the municipality of The tankwill have the overpass for vehicles and pedestrians that claim to guarantee their connection after the execution of the works of the insular ring in the zone. The tanker mayor, Esther Morales (PSOE)has confirmed to EL DÍA that the Government of the Canary Islands will attend to this demand of the neighbors, which was echoed this Monday, October 10, by the People’s Party.
The counselor of the PP in the Cabildo de Tenerife Manuel Fernandez; the insular deputy secretary of the PP, lopez afonsoand the president of the manager of the PP in The tankthe former mayor Jesus Farinarecently visited this area affected by the works to close the insular ring between Santiago del Teide and El Tanque. There they met the demands of several families who have their homes in La Asomada and Las Castras and that, due to the work in progress, “they cannot pass safely between one neighborhood and another, and they cannot even access the bus stop located in the TF-82which is the main connecting link between this area and the rest of the island».
The PP denounces that these tankers “They have seen their day-to-day life seriously affected, with situations that make it difficult for children to go to school or even such everyday issues as going to the supermarket or visiting relatives.” For this reason, they understand that “the difficulties in getting to the bus stop in the area should be solved immediately by the Cabildo.”
The mayor, Esther Morales (PSOE), stresses that the houses do have access and accuses the PP of electoralism
Fernandez and Alfonso announced that the PP will claim in the council that «proceed to the placement, with the utmost urgency, of a pedestrian walkway that connects both nuclei, so that the neighbors have access in safe conditions».
Esther Morales responded to the PP that “the Municipality of El Tanque It has already transferred to the Ministry of Public Works all the concerns of the residents of Las Castras Street, La Asomada and the rest of those affected, since it is the competent administration in these works. And he advances that «according to the last conversations with the General Directorate of Road Infrastructure of the Canarian Governmentboth La Asomada and Las Castras streets will be connected by an overpass for vehicles and pedestrians, something confirmed by the general manager José Luis Delgado just 15 days ago».
For Esther Morales«the political opportunism of the PP is surprising, because in the period of allegations of the project it did not worry about anything nor in the phase of expropriations that so many tanker families suffered»
