The Department of Public Works, Housing and Mobility of the Government of the Canary Islands has published this Wednesday in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (BOC) the resolution by which it undergoes the procedures of public information and consult the project Bus-HOV-ITS lane highway (intelligent transportation systems) TF-5between Santa Cruz de Tenerife and La Orotava.
After its publication in the BOC, local corporations, entities and affected persons may present allegations, observations and queries to the Vice-Ministry of Infrastructure of the Government of the Canary Islands within a period of thirty business days.
During this period, the project documentation will be available on the website of the Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Mobility, at the following address: www.gobiernodecanarias.org/obraspublicas/carreteras/pciudadana/index.html.
The project proposes the layout and construction of the third lane on the TF-5 highway with a variant of layout in the curves of El Sauzal and implementation of the Bus-VAO-ITS lane in a 34 kilometer section, which runs through the municipalities of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, La Laguna, Tacoronte, El Sauzal, La Matanza, La Victoria, Santa Úrsula, Puerto de la Cruz and La Orotava.
According to the Ministry, this type of road will allow traffic to be managed through the exclusive use of the left lane at times of greatest demand for the circulation of buses, taxis and high-occupancy vehicles, without there being physical separation from the rest of the road. allowing circulation to be “much more fluid” than in the rest of the lanes.
This distinction will be carried out through the use of dynamic signage, variable information panels and light beacons, which will be activated at times of highest traffic, he explains.
The implementation of this lane represents “a real alternative” to facilitate access to large cities and also promote the use of public and collective transport, “in search of more sustainable mobility, one of the strategic objectives set by the Counseling for the current legislature.”
