A project of 18.1 million euros will allow the improvement of eight historic quarters of the Island. This was announced yesterday by the Council of Tenerife, which indicated that it will collaborate with town councils of less than 50,000 inhabitants in different actions to improve accessibility to historical complexes, promote parking projects to decongest road traffic and promote their conservation, among other interventions. This is included in the Insular Program for the Improvement of Accessibility to Historic Sites (PIMACH), approved by the Governing Council, which will be valid from 2022 to 2026.
The insular president, Pedro Martín, points out through a press release that “in total for these four years of the program we anticipate an investment of 18.1 million euros, of which the Cabildo will finance 10.9, for a program that will be of great help to the municipalities that have presented their projects to us, a total of eight, to improve access and protection of their centers historical».
«This island program is a new way that we have articulated to collaborate with the municipalities, in this case, for those with less than 50,000 inhabitants who have among their provisions the protection of their historic centers linked to the improvement of access, the creation of open commercial areas and the promotion of pedestrian use. We have already started the investments, with a first batch in 2022, which rose to 1.1 million euros, to be followed by this year’s, which rises to 2.4 million. For the 2024-2026 period, an annual investment of 4.8 million is planned, the president indicated.
“It is a program that will be of great help to the municipalities of Tenerife”
The great objective of preserving
The Minister of Municipal Cooperation and Housing, Zebenzuí Chinea, explained that “this island program has, among its main objectives, to protect the historical ensembles from the deterioration they experience as a result of motor vehicle transit through them.” “Through this program we will contribute to municipalities in the financing of parking projects, underground, surface, or both actions combined, to reduce road traffic and promote foot traffic for the population, among other interventions,” he added.
In addition, he emphasized “the importance of these actions as they are points of tourist interest, which will improve the image in the face of the visiting population and will also contribute to boosting the local economy, by facilitating access to comfortably visit these historical complexes and your business environment. He also recalled that “the aim is to protect the environment, reduce environmental, acoustic and vibration pollution.”
Chinea highlighted in the press release that the joint work carried out through the Municipal Cooperation area with the insular direction of Territorial Planning and Heritage of the Cabildo to collect the proposals for improvement of the municipalities in which to be able to collaborate from the insular corporation.
The contribution of the Council
«The Cabildo will fully cover the execution of the projects whose budget does not exceed 400,000 euros, while those that exceed this amount will be financed according to the distribution of the insular plans of Municipal Cooperation, the insular contribution ranging between 90% and 80%. %, according to the number of inhabitants of the municipalities,” he said. “In any case, a limit to the island contribution of 2,000,000 euros has been established,” explained the counselor.
project by project
Planned actions
– Parking in Claveles de Buenavista street: 948,327 euros.
– El Cubo interchange in San Juan de la Rambla: 1,693,182 euros.
-Underground parking in the Plaza de la Constitución in Puerto de la Cruz: 7,580,925 euros.
– Car parks in the historic center of the municipality of Tegueste: 775,592 euros.
– Parking in the extension of Juez Jorge García street in Tacoronte: 2,629,640 euros.
– Parking in the old football field of Garachico: 2,000,000 euros.
– New surface parking on the general South road, in San Miguel de Abona: 231,452 euros.
– Improvement of accessibility in the historic center of Guía de Isora: 2,250,098 euros.
