The Arona Town Hall warns of the difficulties that the assignment of the use of the Sentinel Lookout to San Miguel de Abona, after the Cabildo, owner of the facility, showed this week its willingness to leave the exploitation of the property in the hands of the San Miguel Town Hall.
The spokesman for the Arona government group, Leopoldo Díaz, underlined the “legal and jurisdictional difficulties when deciding on matters such as maintenance or investments.” The Mirador de la Centinela, currently closed, is located in the protected natural area of Roque de Jama, on the border of both municipalities, although most of it belongs to San Miguel de Abona.
In addition, the local government, led by José Julián Mena (PSOE), maintains that the facilities are “ideal” to host a natural and cultural interpretation center, understanding that it is the option that generates a greater consensus in the academic and ecologist. The government group will present an institutional motion in the plenary session next Thursday to demand that a center be set up that enhances the archaeological heritage and conserves island management. Along these lines, the councilor for Historical Heritage, José Alberto Delgado, described as a “unique opportunity” the option of creating a space in which “the local and visiting population is disseminated, trained and educated.”
For its part, the Canary Coalition asked the mayor of Arona to “get involved” in the management of the viewpoint and accused the Cabildo of making “false promises” to the public. The nationalists lamented the “neglect” of both administrations with an “emblematic place where you can see all the beauty of the south of the island.”
The mayor of San Miguel, Arturo González (CC), was “very satisfied” this week with the intention of the Cabildo to cede the use and management of the viewpoint to the City Council after visiting the place with Enrique Arriaga, island vice president. The alderman advanced to this newspaper that the Consistory will explore the possibility of opening a training center for future hospitality professionals.
For his part, Arriaga pointed out that “it is very important that the Mirador de la Centinela be put into service and available to residents and visitors as soon as possible” and stressed that the facilities are in “very good condition, so its reopening It will not require a large investment.
