The president of the Cabildo, Pedro Martín, and the mayor of The lagoonLuis Yeray Gutiérrez, yesterday visited the surroundings of the pools of Low tide to check the state of this area of the lagoon coast, after concluding the construction works of the dam and the improvements in the bathing area, which is already fully ready for the summer. Although it should be remembered that the beach has already been open since last Easter, when it reopened to the bathroom after eight months of closure, due to the works on the dyke, since only a few works were pending that did not affect this space, which which allowed its reopening.
For Pedro Martín, the execution of this project “responds to a historical claim of the families of Bajamar and the municipality and allows the recovery of one of the bathing areas with the most influx, thereby facilitating the tourist development of the coast.” The island president highlighted the speed of the action that has been carried out by the Cabildo as a matter of urgency and in which the established deadlines have been met.
“The area needed a complete change after registering serious damage as a result of the storms of 2012 and 2013, and thanks to the action of the Cabildo today it is ready for your enjoyment this summer,” said the president, who recalled that the The amount of the investment made has been around 2,200,882 euros.
“The result has been frankly good, not only have all transit spaces and accessibility to bathing areas been improved, but also this work allows the guarantee that the ridge that protects the beach has been sufficiently protected with the concrete prisms that have been placed”, added Martín.
For his part, the mayor of La Laguna was satisfied with the results of the works with which “from the City Council we fulfill the commitment made to improve the coast, solve accessibility problems in the area, put an end to the inconvenience caused by the waves for the residents, and improve the image that was being given of the environment”. “For us, the coast is an added value to the tourist potential that La Laguna has, and working on the recovery of all this environment is an example of it,” emphasized Gutiérrez, who highlighted “the teamwork from the City Council, which has been possible thanks to the support of the Cabildo, and we can say that a decade later we have complied with the neighbors”.
The works focused, specifically, on securing the dam, through the construction and placement of 512 concrete blocks. In addition, works have been carried out to improve the accesses to the sea and a grandstand has been placed to be able to access from the dyke itself to the beach and have a concrete solarium.
