The Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife called yesterday a tender for the concession of a second nautical-sports marina on the seafront of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a service that will expand the offer for users of this type of vessel in our port, will allow to continue with the improvement of the actions planned in the Link Dock and will bring the public closer to this maritime-port environment.
The specifications that regulate said tender and the granting of the administrative concession for its construction and exploitation were agreed yesterday by the members of the Board of Directors of the Port Authority meeting in extraordinary session under the presidency of its owner Carlos González, who expressed his “satisfaction for launching this new initiative that will not only boost nautical activity in our port, with the consequent generation of greater economic activity for the capital, but also, in line with our roadmap, represents a firm and feasible commitment to the advance of the city towards the sea.
The future marina, which will conform to the provisions of the Special Plan for the port of Santa Cruz, will not only have the corresponding service areas at sea and land, but will also have an area of more than 4,000 square meters for free access and public use. In this area, the concessionaire could take advantage of a maximum of 10% of the area for kiosks and terraces.
The new facility will be located between the Central Dock of the Los Llanos Basin and the mouth of the Santos ravine. It will have 44,407 square meters of water surface, and 10,328 on land, 3,597 of them for nautical-sports use and the remaining 6,731 for cultural, recreational, maintenance, commercial and hotel/restaurant use.
The estimated minimum investment for the execution of the works is 16 million and the proposal for the areas included in the scope must be designed as an operational, aesthetic and architecturally harmonious set with the environment.
From Santa Cruz, the Urban Planning area admitted yesterday its surprise for approving some specifications that do not have any report from the Management. “Although the Urban Planning report is not mandatory, the truth is that it is Santa Cruz who gives the activity licenses for what goes into that marina, so it would be convenient to certify what can be done and what on that land.”
