The Minister of Public Works, Housing and Mobility of the Government of the Canary Islands, Pablo Rodríguezguaranteed that in this mandate the works on three essential projects will be completed to improve mobility in Tenerife: the section of the Insular Ring between Santiago del Teide and El Tanquethe third lane from San Isidro to Playa de Las Américas and the burying of the Southern Highway from Playa de Las Américas to Fañabé.
In parliamentary commission, Pablo Rodríguez reiterated the commitment of the regional Executive to comply with the road projects in Tenerifeprioritizing those works that offer an agile and efficient response to reduce retentions.
Rodríguez explained that The closure of the Island Ring in the Southwest, which includes the Erjos tunnel, exceeds 52% completion; he assured that The third lane of the TF-1 between San Isidro and Las Américas “finds a level of execution of 72%, despite the significant delays it has suffered”; and? Recently, the drafting of the project and the execution of the increase in the capacity of the TF-1 between Playa de Las Américas and Fañabé were awarded..
Prioritize
«We are aware of the need to prioritize certain actions regarding roads and comply with the Road Agreement, which ends in 2027, but it is important that we consider new mobility alternatives that provide solutions in the short and medium term, to alleviate the problems of congestion suffered by the main roads of Tenerife,” argued the counselor in his appearance at the Public Works commission.
Pablo Rodríguez stated that The Government led by Ángel Víctor Torres “did not leave any project underway in this matter to be able to tender and award. We have not had evidence of that large library of projects that they boast about, despite the historical problems that this Island has and the long delays that are generated, especially during peak hours. Something that did not happen at the end of my previous stage as a counselor, since I was in charge of awarding both the Las Chafiras link and the closure of the Insular Ring,” he defended.
Nira Fierro (PSOE) asks the counselor to “take advantage” of what the previous Executive prepared
The counselor went further and defended that “there are still 700 million euros of the Highway Agreement to be committed, so over the next few years we want to focus our efforts on pressing ahead with the projects that are still in the process of being finalized.” drafting or processing. Along these lines, he said “reiterate our commitment to prioritizing the Northern Highway and expanding its capacity.”
13 projects underway
The deputy spokesperson for the Socialist Parliamentary Group, Nira Fierro, criticized the list of “priority” works agreed upon by the Department of Public Works and the Council. Fierro recalled that works such as building a third lane on the TF-5 and TF-1, completing the Chafiras-Oroteanda link and finishing the Erjos tunnel were those that she left ready on pact of flowers for its execution. This mandate began with 13 of the 16 projects of the Highway Agreement for Tenerife “awarded or in execution of works.”
The socialist deputy asked the regional councilor to “take advantage of everything that we left him prepared in the previous legislature and, as we already told him, do not do anything extraordinary, work on what has been started and make this Island continue in the progress that has been made and not in the recoil”.
