The park of Santa Catalina, in the Galician, in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, will be the largest inclusive children’s space on the island, which will occupy more than 3,600 square meters and for which the Cabildo de Tenerife will allocate one million euros, according to the president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Peter Martin. “We are facing the largest investment for an inclusive children’s leisure space that has been made on this island and it is an infrastructure that is part of the Sustainable and Integrated Urban Development strategy for the Southwest area of the Metropolitan Area. Said project has been drawn up by the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council ”, he added.
In addition, he pointed out that this action “will complement a space that demands urban leisure options, and will serve to give the population a breather, in that objective of the Cabildo to provide the municipalities with friendly places where they can be close to natural resources and , as we also do on the coast, softening and bringing the population closer to the sea to improve the environments of the cities”.
Currently, the project is in public information and, once this period is over, if there are no allegations, the contracting and bidding file for the works will be approved.
On the other hand, the president emphasized that “as it could not be otherwise, this project will be inclusive and will include the installation of a toilet adapted for people with ostomies.” In this regard, he recalled that “the Cabildo de Tenerife thus shows its commitment to accessibility and this installation is added to other similar ones installed in Playa Jardín and in the bus station of Puerto de la Cruz, in the Puerto-Ciudad building, in the Insular Center of Volunteer Entities and in the bus interchange of Santa Cruz”.
For his part, the insular director of Territory Planning, Emilio Fariña, indicated that the park will have five playgrounds and three adventure zones, in which a dome, a zip line and a maze will be installed, which will be added to two areas rest with a total of six tables. In addition, the planting of vegetation is planned, in particular Ficus maclellandii, chestnut and walnut trees, whose purpose is to isolate the play areas from the rest of the park and to protect them from the wind and sow grass.
These works will include many actions such as earthworks, manufacture of concrete slabs, paving, installation of urban furniture such as benches, litter bins, tables, installation of irrigation, lighting, sanitation and rainwater, children’s play equipment and an ostomized and adapted toilet. .
The Santa Cruz City Council and the Cabildo itself presented the project to the residents in October of last year. As the councilor responsible for the Southwest District, Javier Rivero, explained then, “we are going to use the central part of the Santa Catalina park, so that all this space will be divided into what we have called bubbles, which represent different levels of difficulty.”
