The Guamasa Neighborhood Association has gathered almost 900 signatures of support against the closure of the TF-5 at the level of the neighborhood link that the Cabildo has implemented as a pilot project and they plan to demonstrate in front of the doors of the Insular Palace on November 16.
This is what the secretary of the association, Alejandro Arrate, has told Europa Press, who has indicated that they are waiting for permission from the Government Delegation and that that same day they will also meet with the Common Deputy, Rafael Yanes, to present him The signatures.
He pointed out that this Thursday, when the closure of the TF-5 has no longer been applied, the traffic situation in the neighborhood “improves again” to the point that his usual journey to La Laguna took 30 minutes compared to the hour and 15 minutes of the last few days, without traffic jam on the TF-5, although with heavy traffic.
Arrate suspects that although the Cabildo has given itself a period of between two and three weeks to decide, “the decision has been made” while waiting to determine what actions can be carried out on the two roads parallel to the TF-5, the TF- 235 and the TF-152.
Is the closure of TF-5 final?
He has insisted that the residents of the neighborhood do not want the closure “under any circumstances”, to the point that the director of the CEIP Santa Rosa de Lima has sent them a letter in which he points out that 40% of the students, who go to bus to the center, has arrived late while the pilot test lasted.
In the event that the closure is definitive, he predicted that it will be “chaos” while wondering if the Civil Guard will spend two years monitoring a give way in Guamasa between 06:30 and 09:00. “We are going to be serious,” she pointed out.
Arrate has acknowledged that the TF-5 was eased during the pilot test but has pointed out that the queues remained from La Matanza, although traffic did improve as it passed through Guamasa, and that other points such as Los Rodeos, La Esperanza or Las Canteras. “Everyone is looking for their place,” he added.