The group of Canarian Coalition– Canarian Nationalist Party (DC-PNC) of the Island Council of Tenerife requests the comprehensive improvement of the general highway of the Acentejo region (TF-217) as it passes through the municipalities of La Matanza, La Victoria and Santa Úrsula. The Nationalist Counselor Felix Farina will defend a motion this Friday in the Plenary Road Commission to “promote the necessary actions to carry out a plan for the rehabilitation and improvement of this Acentejo crossing, which allows adequately develop and energize the region».
To Felix Farinaapart from the improvements carried out in the area and the works that are already underway in two key roundabouts for La Victoria and Santa Úrsula«it is necessary that the project can be drafted this year and that all actions be coordinated with the town councils of La Matanza, La Victoria and Santa Úrsulawith the aim that the works can be carried out as soon as possible ».
The nationalist counselor details that this project should serve to solve the traffic problems that currently “They generate bottlenecks at various points of the TF-217”. In addition, they should be an incentive to improve the limited supply of public transport, “which causes poor communication and mobility.”
Accessibility
Another of the keys to the comprehensive improvement project demanded by CC-PNC is to take into account accessibility in the urban environments that this island road crosses to guarantee the rights of people with reduced mobility. The Nationalist Counselor ivan martin He adds that “a strong economic activity is generated around this insular road, on a road that is also the main urban connection road between the three aforementioned municipalities.” In his opinion, “it is necessary to carry out a good project that combines the improvement of traffic and the safety of drivers and pedestrians with the development of local commerce in Santa Úrsula, La Victoria and La Matanza».
The Cabildo has just started this week the works on the demanded roundabouts of Cuesta de la Villa, in Santa Úrsula, and the connection of the TF-217 with the access to the TF-5, in La Victoria. Two important actions that have a completion period of five months and a global cost of more than one million euros. In the victory case, The Cabildo has also been sued for drafting the project for a second roundabout to safely connect the Old Highway with the TF-217.
The first roundabout of La Victoria
The mayor of La Victoria, Juan Antonio García Abreu (PSOE), celebrates the recent signing of the act of rethinking the work of the new roundabout that will link the TF-217 highway with the access to the TF-5, awarded by the Cabildo de Tenerife, which will also be “the first roundabout to be built on this island road in our municipality. On land that was donated for free by the residents of the area. He is “very happy and hopeful, waiting for the work to be carried out as soon as possible. Despite the inconvenience or inconvenience to traffic that the works may cause, it is a historical demand for La Victoria, which began more than 25 years ago. It is a roundabout is key to improving security in our main access, “explains the socialist president.
