SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 28 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Cabildo de Tenerife, through the area of the Roads area, has put on public display the project to install a treatment plant in the Altavista Refuge, located in the municipality of La Orotava.
Once the 20-day period has elapsed from its publication in the Official Gazette of the Province, this project will be definitively approved and ready to be put out to tender.
With this initiative, the infrastructure of the refuge, located in the National Park and in a highly sensitive environment, will improve the sustainability and protection of the environment in Altavista.
In addition, it will be the first step to adapt the facility to the environmental criteria that will allow its opening, collects a note from the corporation.
The execution of the project will have a budget of 197,956 euros and a period of ten weeks to carry it out, after which the Altavista refuge could reopen its doors and be at the service of high-mountain athletes who train in the area.
The Altavista Refuge, the only refuge on Teide, consists of two buildings and is equipped with an infirmary, living room, dining room and kitchen. It has rooms with a total capacity for 54 visitors, they have heating and the beds are fully equipped, although the toilets do not have showers.
The original refuge was built in 1892 and the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife took over in 1950.
In 2007, the Altavista del Teide Refuge was reformed, improvements that after 16 years have become outdated in environmental terms.
