The Socialist Party in the Tenerife Council will raise questions during the upcoming plenary session regarding the actions taken by the government led by Rosa Dávila (Coalición Canaria) in response to the state of the Tenerife Auditorium. This comes after architect Santiago Calatrava was granted a twelve-month extension, despite the Council’s initial demand for completion within nineteen months under the leadership of socialist Pedro Martín, back in May 2022.
In June 2022, the Tenerife Council’s Governing Council mandated Santiago Calatrava LLC to develop, at its own cost, a project plan for the necessary Auditorium repairs. A 19-month timeframe, set to end in January 2024, was established for completion based on specific dates.
Nevertheless, with the deadline approaching in November 2023, the Council approved a twelve-month extension for the project drafting, postponing actions on a significant Island infrastructure that eventually incurred a final expense of €74 million, three times the initial budget (€26.7 million).
Upon assuming governance of the island, the Socialist Party discovered the deteriorated state of the Auditorium, necessitating intervention to reconcile differences between the technical management and the construction firms involved in the restoration efforts, as per Pedro Martín’s group.
Failing to reach a resolution, monitoring services were engaged to oversee and safeguard against further damage to the façade, culminating in a directive for the architect to devise a new project within defined deadlines – an undertaking now subject to delays by the current administration, as per the PSOE.
The Socialist Party, holding the majority in the Tenerife Council, initially tabled this matter for discussion in the Culture committee last week. However, the government contingent allegedly raised procedural objections to sidestep its inclusion in the agenda and subsequent discussion, relayed the PSOE.
Consequently, the query has been officially submitted for the forthcoming plenary session, scheduled for Friday, where the President will be expected to address it directly.
