One of the commitments of the Santa Cruz City Council to reduce the impact of the Elimination of car parks on Calle Diquein San Andres, is enable the site of the tomeat the head of Las Teresitas beach. The municipal government has confirmed that the works on this parking lot, with a total of 300 spaces, will be finished next week, specifically on September 5.
The initial idea of City hall was that this space could be ready before the summer, but the delay in its award meant that the work did not begin to be executed until June, after it was definitively awarded in May to the company Probisa Vías y Obras. The budget exceeds 357,000 euros. The works have consisted of paving and asphalting, installation of lighting and signaling systems, as well as providing the space with a solar installation.
From now on, the solar of the tome It will make available to residents and users 259 spaces for light vehicles, 29 for motorcycles, seven for vehicles for people with reduced mobility, four six-seater modules for bicycles, as well as another one for the Local Police or Emergencies. In total, 302 parking spaces.
The works, which include paving the plot, also include the installation of 35 points of light that will be fed by solar energy, a device similar to the one used on the ascent to El Suculum. In addition, an interior circuit will be made to facilitate access to the new parking lots in order to guarantee safety.
At the same time, the execution of the dique street remodeling. This work, which will completely transform the façade of the San Andrés neighborhood, represents an investment of more than 900,000 euros and contemplates adapting its current use, intended mainly for traffic and parking, to that of a free public space classified as a plaza.
The objective is that the priority is pedestrian and leisure use, leaving a lane for the restricted traffic of neighboring vehicles and loading and unloading, and on the other hand, it is planned to provide the Avenida Marítima car park with a sidewalk, since there is currently no pedestrian route between these car parks and the surrounding streets. In addition, this entrance street to the town will be provided with lighting that is attractive to visitors and tourists; In the same way, with the action planned in the surroundings of the Castle, the front of San Andrés will be modernized and embellished.
