SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, September 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Cabildo of La Palma has put into use today, Tuesday, just two years after the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, the La Laguna-Las Norias highway – built on lava flows – after undertaking various actions, especially safety ones.
During the commissioning ceremony, the president of the Cabildo, Sergio Rodríguez, stated that this road is the “spearhead of the recovery of La Palma” and thanked the Cabildo staff, the construction workers and the previous managers. politicians their efforts to make this infrastructure go ahead.
Sergio Rodríguez recalled that new ditches had to be opened between the mountains of Todoque and La Laguna so that the service provisions were not affected by the increase in temperatures. “The experts explain to us that the flows are a living entity and that the heat they give off fluctuates depending on many factors. Now the pipes have been covered with heat-resistant materials, so we should not experience problems in the future,” he added.
He also highlighted that a good part of the solutions that are being applied within the framework of reconstruction “are innovative at a global level, which makes us a pioneer territory when it comes to responding to a catastrophe of this magnitude,” al time that elaborated on the fact that it is thanks to scientific institutions that they can design “a solid, firm roadmap that makes us take safe steps and get closer to the desired normality.”
For his part, the Councilor for Public Works, Darwin Rodríguez, pointed out that, although the technicians were aiming for September 30 as the date for the completion of the work, an effort has been made and it is now open to the public again. 11 days ahead of schedule. He highlighted that Roman mortars have been placed around the roundabouts, before the asphalt, which gives stability to the road and makes us optimistic, since they are pieces made with reused materials, “he said.
The Special Commissioner for the Reconstruction of La Palma, Héctor Izquierdo, attended the act of putting the road into use; the mayor of Los Llanos de Aridane, Javier Llamas; the local councilor of Tazacorte, Manuel González; the accidental mayor of El Paso, Eloy Martín, and representatives of the platforms affected by the volcano, as well as the companies that have participated in the work.
