The City Hall of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has established an important security and traffic device to make possible the celebration, next Sunday, of the eighth edition of the Tenerife Marathon. On Sunday, it is planned that all the roads affected by the route of this sporting event will be closed to traffic at 07:30 on Sunday, November 13. In the necessary deployment for the Tenerife Marathon The Local Police will participate, supported by personnel from the capital’s Civil Protection volunteer group and qualified auxiliaries from the organization of the test itself. The participation of other Civil Protection groups that will reinforce this operation is also expected.
As in previous years, in the 21 and 42 kilometer modalities, the planned itinerary will start along Francisco La Roche avenue, the coastal road tunnel, Marítima avenue, Constitución avenue, Fomento street next to the Regla hermitage; Vicente Álvarez Pedreira, Adán Martín Menis, Celia Cruz streets, Manuel Hermoso Rojas avenue; Mayor José Emilio García Gómez and Áurea Díaz Flores streets. It will continue along La Salle Avenue; Galcerán, Méndez Núñez, San Isidro, La Rosa, Valentín Sanz streets, Serrador bridge, roundabout of the Capital Market; José Hernández Alfonso street; Leoncio Rodríguez and Bravo Murillo Avenue to Plaza de España; continuing through the streets La Marina and República de Honduras.
In the medium and long distance, continue in the direction of Anaga Avenue and the road to San Andrés, reaching the Dársena Pesquera, from where the return to the finish area begins. While the athletes who complete the marathon, after passing through the finish line on Francisco La Roche Avenue, will start a second round of the route. Regarding the popular race, eight kilometers long, it will start at 11:30 a.m. from Francisco La Roche avenue, passing through the most urban part of the Tenerife capital circuit.
Measures to facilitate mobility
During Sunday, and while the test lasts, the Local Police will enable one lane in each direction of traffic on the San Andrés highway, to facilitate access and exit to the different neighborhoods and towns of Anaga. Once again, the auxiliary road of the Port of Tenerife will remain open to traffic, between 07:00 and 19:00 on Sunday, mainly to offer an alternative to the traffic that moves along that axis in both directions. Also to connect the city with Anaga, in both directions of circulation, the Ramblas de Santa Cruz road can be used.
Another of the areas most affected by the development of the marathon will be the neighborhood of El Toscal, establishing that access to that area should be from the Santos ravine road, La Concordia promenade, Ramón y Cajal extension, Juan Padrón, Miraflores or Alfaro, San Clemente and Santiago street. The start will be guided through the streets San Miguel, San Nicolás, San Vicente Ferrer, Santiago, Santa Rosalía, Antonio de Lara and Zárate, Pilar, Suárez Guerra, San Francisco de Paula and extension of Ramón y Cajal. There will be two-way traffic in sections of Calle Santiago and in the opposite direction along San Francisco Javier.
To approach the area of the Mercado Nuestra Señora de Africa, it is advisable to use José Manuel Guimerá Gurrea avenue, enabling intermittent steps as the race progresses. Regarding the exit from the private garages of the buildings located within the perimeter of the marathon route, efforts will be made to collaborate in carrying out this maneuver, whenever possible, and following the instructions of the personnel who carry out control functions of the marathon. Test. Maximum caution is requested in these circumstances since, in some cases, drivers will even be guided on the roads in the opposite direction to the usual one.
traffic cuts
The traffic cuts will be established from Constitución avenue to Pedro Maffiote, Celia Cruz and Manuel Hermoso avenues; also the entrance through the streets Alcalde José Emilio García Gómez, Áurea Díaz Flores. Traffic coming from Manuel Hermoso Rojas Avenue will be diverted towards the Juan Sebastián Elcano roundabout to continue towards Constitución Avenue or the Penetration Road (TF-4) heading south.
The entire axis of Avenida La Salle, Galcerán, Plaza Weyler will also be closed to traffic, preventing passage from Calle Ramón y Cajal to that area, diverting traffic towards the Ramblas de Santa Cruz area. It will not be possible to circulate on Méndez Núñez street either, affecting even the accesses from the adjacent roads; San Isidro, La Rosa, Valentín Sanz streets, General Serrador bridge, will also be closed, establishing the possible exit of vehicles also towards the Ramblas. For security reasons, it is also prohibited to circulate on San Sebastián Avenue, between the Market and Bravo Murillo Avenue, as well as La Marina and República de Honduras streets.
parking bans
For the development of this sporting event, it is necessary to carry out multiple parking prohibitions in various parts of the city. It is expected that, from 08:00 on Saturday, the first restrictions on parking in the Francisco La Roche Avenue area, surface lane, will begin to be in force, with the aim of facilitating the assembly of the necessary facilities for the marathon . Said lane will be closed to traffic around 12:00 noon that same day.
Also on Saturday, from 2:00 p.m., parking is prohibited and, from 4:00 p.m., circulation on Francisco La Roche avenue, in the section between La Marina and República de Honduras streets. At that time, it is planned to cut off the access to the Vía Litoral tunnel, heading north, at the confluence of Avenida Marítima with Avenida San Sebastián, diverting traffic to Avenida Tres de Mayo.
In addition, on Saturday, from 6:00 p.m., the possibility of parking in the streets Méndez Núñez, San Isidro, a section of Santiago street (between San Vicente Ferrer and Santa Rosalía) La Rosa street, La Marina and República from Honduras. The same day, but from 10:00 p.m., this limitation is extended to Leoncio Rodríguez Alfonso streets (between José Hernández Alfonso and José Manuel Guimerá Gurrea), hermitage of Regla, Vicente Álvarez Pedreira and Celia Cruz streets.
Regarding the Sunday day, all the parking limitations will be in force from 00:00 hours and will extend, predictably, until 14:00 hours when the test is already in its final phase, although some of the roads will remain closed somewhat more by security reasons and dismantling of installations. On Sunday, from 00:00 hours, it will be prohibited to park in: Plaza de España, Anaga Avenue, the parking lots in front of the Valleseco neighborhood, close to the area of hydrocarbon deposits; Bravo Murillo avenue; El Pilar street (between Suárez Guerra and San Clemente) and Villalba Hervás street (between José Murphy and San Francisco) except autotaxis from this prohibition.
Public transport
The Local Police of the capital of Tenerife insists on recommending the use of public transport to access the city, whether you come to enjoy this sporting event or to make arrangements or purchases.
The celebration of this sporting event will also mean the alteration of the usual routes of some urban lines of the TITSA bus service from Saturday, although the service will continue with some modifications of stops, which will be facilitated in cases such as those located in Cueva Bermeja, Valleseco and Maria Jimenez. Although some taxi stops are suppressed, the main ones that will be operational in the area or its vicinity will be those on Pilar, Villalba Hervás, General Gutiérrez and Carlos JR Hamilton streets.
Regarding the tram service, it must be remembered that, from 08:00 a.m. and until the crossing of Bravo Murillo street with Imeldo Serís street can be opened to circulation, it will circulate only between the stops on Trinidad avenue, de La Laguna, and to Plaza de La Paz in the capital of Tenerife, so during this period the stops at Plaza Weyler, Teatro Guimerá, Fundación and Intercambiador will not be operational.
The Santacrucera Traffic Control Room will also be operational to solve or detect any problem related to the accesses and exits of the city, as well as the management of the security bollards and the Urban area. All the information related to the hours and zones of prohibited parking has been disclosed through mailing in the areas most affected by these modifications.
Finally, it should be remembered that as far as possible these traffic changes will also be communicated, especially during Sunday, through the Santacrucera Local Police Twitter profile @PoliciaLocalSC and if there are other types of incidents through @CECOPALSC
