The reform of the Aquatic Sports Centre in Puerto de la Cruz will conclude before the summer, as announced by the president of the Cabildo, Rosa Dávila, who inspected the works during an institutional visit to the municipality accompanied by the vice-president, Lope Afonso; the Sports Councillor, Yolanda Moliné; the Youth Councillor, Serafín Mesa; the Mayor of Puerto de la Cruz, Marco González, and the Sports and Sustainable City Councillors, Alberto Cabo and David Hernández, respectively.
The Aquatic Sports Centre in Tenerife occupies a 6,000 square meter area, featuring a 50-meter Olympic pool, a 25-meter pool, three training rooms, changing rooms, offices, medical facilities, a cafeteria, and a multipurpose room for 600 people, extendable to a thousand. The construction is being carried out by UTE Acciona Construcción SA and Constructora de Proyectos y Obra Civil 2012 SL.
Rosa Dávila emphasized that this is a “very important” project for Puerto de la Cruz and Tenerife. “It has been an impressive work that has required a lot of execution time, but we understood that it required a thorough renovation.” She expressed confidence that these facilities “will be a benchmark” and “we hope that in the coming months we can attend the inauguration.”
The island’s vice-president, Lope Afonso, referred to the €13 million cost of the works and highlighted that “it is a real dream for Puerto de la Cruz and for the island.” He argued that “it aims to be a tribute to the many athletes and entities that, from Puerto de la Cruz, contributed to promoting water sports in and from Tenerife.” Its commissioning will allow “guaranteeing the sports activities of those who used the municipal pool before the closure, the renovation, and the sports technification, and being in a position to host accredited competitions.”
For the mayor of Puerto de la Cruz, Marco González, the facility will be a “reference centre that will give us many opportunities for local clubs and for international events that will position us as a destination brand. Puerto de la Cruz is very much linked to that history, which is related to sports.”
The Sustainable City Councillor, David Hernández, emphasized that “despite the visual impact of the facility, measures have been taken regarding sustainability with the use of materials for the construction of walls and the introduction of geothermal energy and photovoltaic panels.”
