The mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez (PSOE), has requested the president of the Cabildo, Rosa Dávila (CC), for an urgent meeting to address the changes announced by the island institution regarding circulation on the TF- 5 as it passes through the municipality, and especially the access detour through Guamasa.
The Lagunero mayor makes this request after this Thursday, a holiday, CC has reported in a press release that its councilors in La Laguna, Domingo Galván, Sergio Eiroa and Atteneri Falero, have held a meeting with the CEO of Highways of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Dámaso Arteaga, also from CC, with whom they have analyzed “possible alternatives to try to decongest the TF-5, the height of Guamasa.” Likewise, the CC note indicates, they were informed about various measures that “will lead to the improvement of island roads passing through La Laguna.”
As can be seen from both press releases (that of the mayor and that of CC in La Laguna), the insular highway councilor has first informed councilors in the opposition who are from the same party before the Government team in La Laguna. Laguna about some relevant actions on one of the most important roads in Tenerife.
The mayor has conveyed to the president the need for all measures that affect the municipality “to be agreed upon with the City Council, because there are many residents who may be affected. We ask to have first-hand all the information regarding the initiatives that the Cabildo wants to launch, and that is why I have requested this working meeting as soon as possible,” explained the mayor, who also proposes addressing other points that affect mobility. in the municipality, such as the status of the works on the Padre Anchieta walkway.
The City Council has requested that, in addition to the mayor and the president, the Councilor for Mobility of the Cabildo, Eulalia García, and the Councilor for Roads, Dámaso Arteaga, the Councilor for Mobility and Citizen Security of La Laguna, Cristina Ledesma, and the technical teams of both areas.
The mayor considers that “an intervention of the magnitude of the closure of the Guamasa access to the highway cannot be proposed without counting on the City Council. We know of the Council’s desire to alleviate the traffic problems on the TF-5, but we insist that all measures, whether provisional or permanent, must be carried out in coordination with the affected municipalities, as is the case in this case. with La Laguna.”
