SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE Jan. 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Cabildo of Tenerife, through the Highways department, has initiated enhancement and restoration works on the TF-28 road section between La Centinela and La Camella.
The contract has been awarded to the construction firm Construcciones Darias and involves an investment of 1.6 million euros, with a completion timeline of five months.
The project was recently unveiled by the Highways Minister, Dámaso Arteaga, at the Cultural Centre of the San Lorenzo Valley.
Attending the meeting were the Minister of Citizen Assistance and Quality of Services, Candelaria Padrón; the Minister of Commerce and Business Support, Krysten Martín; the mayor of Arona, Fátima Lemes, along with other members of the Arona corporation and local community representatives, as noted by the Cabildo.
Dámaso Arteaga, the Highways Minister, stated that the works will signify a considerable improvement, aiming to “enhance the condition of the road surface and ensure safety at bus stops and pedestrian crossings where intervention is necessary.”
In her remarks, Fátima Lemes expressed gratitude to the island corporation for the project’s introduction, describing it as “one of the most significant actions” on the highway connecting La Camella in the San Lorenzo Valley to La Centinela. “We are pleased about this,” she remarked.
MORE PROJECTS FOR TENDER
The Cabildo has recently announced tenders for a total of 38 projects aimed at enhancing safety measures and rehabilitating the road surfaces across the island.
These initiatives include resurfacing, improving drainage, signage, beacons, and road barriers.
Additionally, plans entail slope and embankment stabilisation works on various roads of island interest, with contract values exceeding 700,000 euros.
Dámaso Arteaga noted that this package of over 30 projects will address the necessary improvements for many road sections across Tenerife throughout 2025.
The interventions will be conducted on the TF-333 roads to Montañeta in Los Realejos; TF-320 between San Nicolás and El Castillo; TF-213; TF-342; TF-174 between La Victoria and La Matanza; TF-28 from Taco to Los Cristianos; TF-217 in the El Rincón area in La Orotava; TF-61 in Puertito de Güímar; TF-616 from Punta Prieta to El Tablado; TF-111 from Santa Cruz to La Cuesta; TF-65 from San Miguel to Los Abrigos; TF-247 between Hidalga and Candelaria; TF-258, access to the Tenerife II Penitentiary Centre in El Rosario; TF-24 also in El Rosario; TF-64 between Granadilla and El Médano; TF-28 from Taco to Los Cristianos; TF-638 between El Desierto to Los Blanquitos in Granadilla; TF-265 from La Laguna to Llano del Moro; TF-525 from Güímar to Arafo; TF-13 Via de Ronda in La Laguna; TF-113 in Tejina; TF-82 between Icod and Santiago del Teide; TF-152 between La Laguna and El Sauzal; and TF-13 in the urban crossing of Tejina and La Laguna.
Regarding slope stabilisation, the improvements will focus on the slopes situated on the TF-13 highway; TF-21 (Las Cañadas); TF-82 in Santiago del Teide; TF-629 in Arico and TF-28 in the La Cisnera area.
Furthermore, these actions will include enhancement works on over 600 kilometres of roads across the island.
This project, which involves investment of more than 1 million euros, aims at rehabilitating signage and enhancing visibility on roads that require attention due to wear and tear from usage and time.
These undertakings form part of a larger roadmap for road improvements across the island, including the recent investment of 30 million euros for the rehabilitation of the Southern Highway (TF-1) in the Arico, Fasnia and Güímar sections.
Night work will be conducted on the following roads: TF-111 (Valle Jiménez and Valle Tabares), TF-180 (Santa Cruz-La Laguna), TF-165 (Tacoronte), TF-156 (access to El Boquerón), TF-163 (Valle de Guerra and El Pris), TF-154 (Tegueste), TF-176 (Santa Cruz-El Rosario), TF-174 (La Matanza-La Victoria) and TF-213 (La Victoria).
The works are scheduled between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. to minimise disruption to traffic.