The Granadilla de Abona City Council is looking for plots of land near the coast to respond to the motorhome tourism. The intention of the Consistory is to give a space to the Cabildo, which wants to homogenize this activity on the Island, to enable a place in conditions without causing inconvenience to the neighbors.
This was indicated to this newspaper by Eudita Mendoza, Councilor for Tourism, who together with the mayor responsible for Heritage and Transport, Fredi Oramas, is exploring solutions to provide an outlet for this type of tourism, offering parking lots and drinking water services and the discharge of sewage. black and gray water with all the environmental guarantees, although he clarified that “no plot has yet been chosen”.
Granadilla de Abona, like other town halls in the region, recognizes a deficit of sites prepared for caravans along the coast, as was revealed at Easter, although there is no specific deadline to seek a solution from the Cabildo. The Consistory does not rule out other options that would go through municipal management or leave the possibility of creating these spaces in private hands. Eudita Mendoza confirmed that there are businessmen who have shown interest in preparing land they own to provide them with parking lots and all the necessary services.
In his opinion, the solution must be “balanced” to “end the problems of occupation of unauthorized places, the obstruction of the passage of security vehicles or the installation of tables and chairs on sidewalks.”
Socialist Party
The controversy generated by the caravans in the municipality is not new. The socialist spokesperson in the Granadilla de Abona City Council, Jennifer Miranda, has repeatedly described the situation on the coast as a “serious problem”, which she blames on the “inaction” of the municipal government in enforcing the municipal ordinance. Miranda laments the “lack of control” and, above all, “the inconvenience caused by some caravan drivers to hundreds of residents in places like Los Abrigos, La Mareta, La Tejita and El Médano, who watch from their homes how the sidewalks are invaded with belongings or dump their chemicals near the sea”.
