The City Council of La Laguna will continue to promote the improvement of training in the construction sector, together with the Provincial Federation of Construction Entities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Fepeco), as a basis for job creation in the municipality, in addition to continue implementing measures to reduce processing times for building permits.
The mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, reaffirmed “the Consistory’s commitment to the construction sector” during the Building Employment training event, held this week in the former convent of Santo Domingo. “Training is one of the key pillars to have qualified workers who find facilities to access the job market, and we are going to continue promoting with Fepeco all kinds of actions that contribute to improving that qualification”, he pointed out in this regard.
“At the same time -added the mayor- we want to continue making La Laguna the best place in the Canary Islands to invest, and for this we will continue to implement measures that further improve the data presented this week by the Town Planning councilor and director of the Urbanism, Santiago Pérez”. According to these data, in the last four years the processing of major work license files in the municipality, for example, has gone from 419 days on average to 68 days, while the processing of minor work licenses has been reduced from 190 days to 94 days.
“We want to thank the mayor for his interest in promoting construction activity,” said the president of Fepeco, Óscar Izquierdo. “Above all, in the areas of reform, rehabilitation, maintenance and conservation, which is precisely what the European Union is asking for in accordance with the Green Agenda that has been implemented throughout the European territory”, he pointed out.
The president of Fepeco highlighted the role of La Laguna in the field of training, both for hosting the classroom of the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción, and “because there are many courses and conferences that we are celebrating in this city, mainly with the collaboration of the mayor , which is very involved in the training of municipal workers, so that they can join SMEs and micro-enterprises, or as self-employed workers, taking advantage of the fact that there is currently quite an expansive activity in La Laguna”.
Effectiveness
Óscar Izquierdo also underlined “the efficiency that the Town Planning Department is showing when it comes to granting licenses for major works in a timely manner, something essential for the survival of companies.”
“In the first place, because it allows them to start the execution of works at the right time; secondly, because they adequately meet the demands of their clients; and third, because companies are given greater legal certainty and greater confidence when investing”, he argued in this regard.
According to Izquierdo, “this means that La Laguna has decidedly committed to the construction sector, a modern, industrialized, efficient and sustainable sector, as a structural base to maintain important economic activity together with other traditional sectors such as trade or cultural tourism, which has deep roots in the city”.
