The Cabildo of Tenerife has incorporated three items worth over 13.5 million euros in the 2025 island budget to commence the construction of an engine circuit proposed in the Atogo region of Granadilla.
The financial plan, reported by Europa Press, allocates 13.3 million for the initial phase of the complex, with an additional 100,000 euros earmarked for phase two of the northern accesses and a further 104,328 euros for developing the international park.
Consequently, the motor circuit – supported in the previous term by CC, PP, and PSOE – comprises approximately 17% of the investment chapter assigned to the mobility sector, totalling 78.4 million.
The corporation has awarded the construction contract for the Motor Circuit to the Temporary Business Union (UTE) Sacyr Construction SA-Contratas y Servicios Bahillo SL, at a cost of 44,165,489 euros, with an anticipated duration of about 40 months.
The project entails the channeling of three ravines, along with the erection of removable stands, a speed track, a parking area, and an autocross circuit.
During initial work in the area, the company discovered protected species as well as potential archaeological remains, consequently notifying the Cabildo to assess the possibility of a new environmental impact declaration.
Strategic Initiatives
The corporation has also allocated just over 1.2 million for the processing and advancement of strategic projects of island significance, representing an increase of 12.9% compared to this year.
Overall, the Cabildo has identified eight key strategic projects: Puerto de la Cruz marina; DISA-Granadilla; project SP1-01, Granadilla Industrial Estate; Adeje cinema city; airport expansion Tenerife South; Guía de Isora marine theme park, along with three newly added initiatives such as new Island Slaughterhouse, the Añaza social and health centre, and the review of the Puerto de la Cruz Modernisation Plan.
With regard to the Slaughterhouse, the budget report highlights its “special significance” for the island’s livestock sector, initiated by the Ministry with a Special Delegation in the Primary Sector and Animal Welfare, whose main processing and approval are set for 2025, including the endorsement of its environmental details.
The modernisation plan for Puerto de la Cruz examines various provisions, facilities, and infrastructures deemed “extremely relevant” for the municipality’s economic, social, and urban development. This entails “complex processing”, as the Cabildo acknowledges, given the involvement of numerous public administrations necessitating the contracting of external services related to project drafting and obtaining sectoral permissions or public concessions.
Similarly, the processing of the ‘Project for the new Añaza Socio-Health Centre’ aims to establish a general assistance system of supra-municipal or regional importance catering to Tenerife’s metropolitan area, addressing the “serious deficits” in the public provision of socio-health services for the elderly, stemming from increased demand for social and healthcare placements and the limited resources facing the island, particularly in the metropolitan region.
