The City Council of The Massacre of Acentejo take advantage of the summer months to carry out various works that contribute to improving road safety and sports facilities in this municipality of almost 9,000 inhabitants. the neighborhood of The Vic It has just opened a sports center and civic center; they were renewed 113 general highway lighting pointsand the northern consistory currently has actions underway such as the reform and expansion of the municipal swimming pool, the construction of the skate park of El Montillo Parkthe expansion of the new way or the pedestrian walkway of Berlin Avenue, in the coastal area of point of the sun.
The skate park occupies an area of almost 1,200 square meters and will have spaces to practice skateskateboard, skates, BMX and a circuit of PumpTrack, adapted for children who are starting out in this sports activity designed for both skateboards and bicycles. The work faces its final stretch, once the phase corresponding to the perimeter enclosure of the acrobatic tracks has been completed. The ramps are already taking shape and the work is expected to be completed in the coming months.
The Town Hall of La Matanza invests 422,000 euros in improving and expanding the municipal swimming pool, which will be equipped with a bathing area for therapeutic use 36 meters long and 150 square meters of useful aquatic area. In addition, accessibility will be improved, leaks will be avoided, energy efficiency will be increased and the facility will be expanded with one more lane for swimming, apart from the aforementioned therapeutic cup, which will especially benefit the elderly and dependent people.
LED lighting
Regarding the improvement of road safety, it is increased on the general road with 113 LED lamps that will also “allow save 72% of the energy consumed by the previous ones and prevent around 14,214 kilos of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere per year». Also in the core of Puntillo del Sol, where work is being carried out to improve the accessibility and safety of Berlin Avenue, specifically in the section that makes it possible to cross the bed of the Barranco de Cabrera. The local government (PSOE) recalls that “until now, the residents and visitors who passed through this area, which connects the municipalities of The Massacre of Acentejo and El Sauzal, they had to do it by invading the road, whose narrowness made it impossible to enable a sidewalk ». Now an external pedestrian walkway is being built, 14 meters long by 1.2 meters wide, “which will guarantee safety.”
Also working on the works of road widening of Camino Nuevo, one of the main roads that connects the middle of the municipality with the population centers located at the highest level, as is the case of El Pirul. Along a 150-meter stretch, the current road will be 10 meters wide, “which will solve the visibility problems it had at that point. This gains in amplitude and security. In addition, it will be reflected through a solution that has taken into account the use of first-class materials that, in addition, are compatible with the rural landscape in which they are executed, ”they detail from the Consistory
Some days ago, the neighborhood of La Vica has been able to open its new socio-cultural center of 800 square meters, a square of 300 square meters and an adjoining multi-sports field. An action that “responds to a local demand and will allow, according to the mayor, Ignacio Rodriguez Jorge (PSOE), «provide the neighborhood with a spacious, dignified, comfortable, accessible space that is cared for in all its details, to serve as a neighborhood meeting point in which to cultivate the healthiest coexistence». This court also puts an end to the lack of sports facilities that historically affected this area.
The new social and sports center It is located a few meters from the premises and from the small square that the La Vica neighborhood has had until July 2022, “a space that had become too small and that limited the development of neighborhood activities, especially sports ».
