The president of the Cabildo promises that travelers on public transport will go from 6% to 15% at the end of the mandate and will fight for trains from the North and the South
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Oct. 20 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, reaffirmed this Friday that there is a “relief” in traffic queues on the island and maintains that thanks to the measures implemented by the corporation, a “new stage” in the mobility of the island.
In an Extraordinary Plenary Session requested by the Socialist Group, he has once again defended that the queues that previously started in La Orotava have now moved to Tacoronte and that journeys “that used to take an hour and a half now take 50 minutes” – although for now It has no studies or specific data–.
“That is so,” he indicated, stressing that they have decided to undertake the improvement of mobility on the island with “bravery” and without sitting “idly” waiting for the planned works on the road network to be completed.
He has said that they are going to demand that the Canary Islands Government undertake all the works pending in the agreement but at the same time he has insisted on “changing” mobility patterns and promoting the transfer of private vehicles to collective public transport.
In that sense, he has once again “put his word” and promised to work so that at the end of the mandate, travelers who move around the island go from 6% to 15% on public transportation and to fight for funds before the central government to develop the North and South trains.
Likewise, he has said that he is going to recover the Mobility Chair with the University of La Laguna and that work is going to begin to “stagger” the entry times in some faculties and parking will be prioritized for students and workers who travel in high-occupancy vehicles or shared cars.
Dávila, who ironically said that Martín is “tangled in the roundabouts” and very “confused” by his obsession with building new roads, has highlighted his ‘roadmap’ of “consensus” with economic and social agents to improve mobility, “without fear, without squeamishness and looking in the face” of the citizens and at the risk of starring in “memes” for their proposals.
Along these lines, the commitment to public transport has stood out with the purchase of almost 250 buses – planned by the previous government but whose purchase will be made directly, without loans to save 20 million – and the incorporation of 75 new drivers, which will allow, until 2025, to expand lines and frequencies given the “success” of free public transport and despite the fact that the measure was “boycotted” by the previous government team.
Regarding roads, he has indicated that they are not ruling out the La Laguna variant, although he has said that the project had a report against the Cabildo Highway area and could mean “moving the problem” from Guamasa to Lora and Tamayo avenues. , in La Laguna, which is why he has advocated “sitting down” with the Government of the Canary Islands to find the best possible formula.
The president of the Socialist Group, Pedro Martín, has said that Dávila is content with a “placebo effect” by having the perception that there are fewer queues on the island, since “it is not true” and now he is trying to make an “escape forward”.
MARTIN ALERT OF THE LOSS OF FUNDS ON ROADS DUE TO “INACTION”
He has called many of the Council’s measures such as the removal of heavy trucks at rush hour or the traffic lights on Padre Anchieta as “occurrences” and has accused it of wanting to “sell what does not exist.”
Martín has urged Dávila to demand that the Canary Islands Government carry out the pending works on the roads, especially two sections on the TF-1, that it put out to tender the section of the San Juan de La Rambla-Icod island ring and that the modified one be approved to increase the lanes in the Erjos tunnel.
Regarding the La Laguna variant, which is ready to be put out to tender because it has financing and an environmental impact declaration, he said that CC is “repelús”, while pointing out that the negative reports from the Highways area are not binding .
He has warned that the third lane of the TF-5 is a “very complex” project and that there is still no layout project, and he has many complaints from neighbors and mayors, so he sees it as “amazing” that it is the priority for the government team.
Martín has warned of the risk of funds being lost in roads due to the “inaction” of the Cabildo and has asked the vice president, Lope Afonso (PP) to “lead” the claims before the Executive so that the pending roads be built.
The spokesman for the Nationalist Group, José Miguel Ruano, has defended the “commitment” of the government team to “relieve” the queues in 90 days after a mandate of “passivity in the struggle” on the part of Pedro Martín, who wanted to “go from tiptoe” for the problem, transferring responsibility to the Government of the Canary Islands.
VOX SEES “OCCURRENCES AND IMPROVISATION”
He has indicated that mobility is a “serious problem” for the island that cannot be “avoided”, he understands that “it is not enough” to design new roads and believes that the future lies in two trains and changes in habits with the support of economic and social agents.
The vice president of the Cabildo and spokesperson for the Popular Group, Lope Afonso, has recognized that queues are “the big problem” on the island because they affect citizens and economic relations and given the delay in carrying out road works, he believes that it is necessary to take measures to improve mobility and which involve greater use of public transport.
He has appealed to “good faith and good intentions” to reach great consensus in the Cabildo, leaving aside the “resignation” against the “ordeal” that several generations of Tenerife residents have suffered daily.
Ana Salazar, spokesperson for Vox, has said that the island government is walking “without a clear direction” in mobility policies, with “occurrences and improvisations”, to the point of calling it “bizarre” that Dávila maintains that there is “relief” in the queues.
He has indicated that the president’s speech is “cannon fodder for memes” and has asked the PP to “hit the table” to correct a policy that must involve, from his perspective, the radical improvement of public transport. .
