The coast of El Rosario will have traffic control cameras and road safety measures next summer. These are being installed on various streets in Radazul Bajo and Tabaiba Baja with the aim of improving traffic regulation in these areas, which tend to experience congestion during summer, Easter, weekends, and good weather holidays.
The mayor of El Rosario, Escolástico Gil, along with the Local Police and the responsible person from Canary Islands of the Solfix company, supervised the installation of devices that will provide real-time information on road conditions to “improve traffic flow, prevent congestion, and enhance road safety,” as stated by the El Rosario City Council.
This measure, along with the implementation of informative radars (the ones that indicate if you are driving at the correct speed or above), is included in a report by the Local Police. The document highlights that various historical incident studies and analyses in the coastal area of El Rosario (Tabaiba, Radazul, and La Nea) show an increase in traffic density and intensity during the specified periods.
On one side, there are residents (around 700 people are registered on Avenida Colón) who access their garages or parking spaces in the area, and on the other side, visitors who come to leisure spots like the marina, dining areas, or water sports activities.
The report suggests that to address congestion, “measures and resources for traffic surveillance, regulation, and control” have been implemented, “improving traffic flow and preventing congestion at the entrances to Radazul and La Nea beaches.” Specifically, the text lists improvements in road infrastructure, signage, increased monitoring, and enhanced public transportation.
The current measures complement the previous ones. Traditional forms of traffic regulation and on-site control are insufficient for the significant number of vehicles on the road; hence, these circumstances call for the integration of technological support in the surveillance, control, and regulation of traffic entrusted to the Local Police, as outlined in the report on the cameras currently being installed.
Regarding the informative radars, also known as educational, it is clarified that they “do not have a punitive function but an informative and preventive one.” They indicate the driving speed to motorists and warn if it is exceeded, “resulting in an immediate 25% average decrease in speed.”
