The main road that gives access to The cookieswhich allows you to enter and leave this town, was reopened to traffic yesterday morning, after last Sunday had to be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
He strong waves in the area, which even affected the restaurants located on the coast, forced this measure to be taken.
The promenade, which is part of the TF-66 highway, between Guaza and Las Galletas, is located in one of the risk areas due to the rise in sea level. In fact, it is one of the 47 points throughout the Canary Islands considered high risk in the study carried out in the last legislature by the then Department of Ecological Transition of the Government of the Canary Islands.
So much so that it suffers continuous episodes of flooding and damage when there are strong tides.
In fact, the last major one occurred in the same month of August, but two years ago, when the high tide affected the promenade so hard that it sank part of it, forcing the damaged area to be delimited and the area to be kept closed. traffic one lane.
On this occasion, the waves carried sand, stones and pebbles to the avenue, which had to be removed in collaboration with the road maintenance service of the Cabildo de Tenerife.
Sources from the Arona City Council explained that, despite the opening, what happens in the coming weeks is pending, since similar episodes that may affect normal circulation in the area are not ruled out.
