The mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, has held a working meeting with the president of the Provincial Federation of Construction Entities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Fepeco), Óscar Izquierdo, and about twenty businessmen from the construction sector on the Island, in which they have once again claimed “the need to start work on the TF-5 variant as soon as possible, a road that will run underground for the most part and that will reduce traffic congestion on the main access to La Laguna”, in the words of the municipal councilor.
Both Luis Yeray Gutiérrez and Óscar Izquierdo insisted that the variant “is a fundamental work for La Laguna and for the entire Island. It is not the definitive solution but it is a very important factor in helping to solve the problem of queues on the TF- 5, in addition to assuming the closure of the island ring in the metropolitan area”.
The mayor thanked the support shown by the sector and recalled that since the beginning of his term, in 2019, he has defended the burying of the TF-5 as it passes through La Laguna, which will allow “fulfilling the old dream of reunifying the city, currently crossed by the motorway. But for this, he recalled, “the construction of the variant is essential, which in no case should be confused with the External Road.” In addition, he insisted that this infrastructure “will help to largely solve mobility problems in the municipality, along with other actions such as the creation of the Bus-HOV lane.”
The councilman assured that the variant will also have a layout that will be mostly underground, and that “I know that an intense work has been done to respond to all the allegations presented by the residents.” For this reason, he regretted that “at the last moment, due to electoral interests, this project, so decisive for the municipality, was attempted to be boycotted by certain political groups that had previously supported it.”
Óscar Izquierdo thanked “the courage of the mayor of La Laguna, who has been decisively involved in this matter, even on occasions alone, because he knows that this option is the best for the city.”
“From Fepeco we ask above all for unity from the political forces,” said Izquierdo, “that ideological and partisan interests be put aside and that the island of Tenerife and the city of La Laguna be put above all else.” He also insisted that “the businessmen and women in the sector in Tenerife are in a technical, professional and human position to undertake a work of these characteristics”.
It should be remembered that the La Laguna Plenary session approved, last November, calling for the stoppage of the TF-5 variant project and betting, instead, on the development of the Bus-HOV lane system, as stated in a The amendment presented by Unidas se puede, a member of the Government group, to a motion of Citizens, and which achieved the support of CC, was approved, with the abstention of PP and Cs and the vote against PSOE and Avante, the other two government partners.
