He Tenerife Council continues to carry out the balance of the measure applied last week by which the connection of the Guamasa area with the Northern Highway was cut (TF-5). After the meeting held this Thursday with the La Laguna City Councilthe Minister of Highways, Dámaso Arteaga, held a meeting this Friday, November 3, with members of the Guamasa neighborhood association at the Island Palace.
Arteaga has taken note of the opinion of the neighbors who They have not agreed with the aforementioned measure Although they are aware of the mobility problems that the area suffers daily. In this regard, the counselor described the meeting as positive because “we jointly analyzed possible improvement measures and conveyed to the neighbors that our intention and The objective is not to harm anyone, but to work to solve mobility problems in the environment that supports an enormous traffic load at peak hours because we must remember that between 06:00 and 09:00, At the Guamasa interchange, about 600 vehicles per hour join the TF-5, that is, about 1,800 vehicles in the three hours.
On the other hand, Dámaso Arteaga reported that after several technical meetings it has been decided extend the measure at the Guamasa junction until next Wednesday (November 8) with the aim of gather more data and be able to make a final decision. This extension has already been notified to the residents themselves, to the La Laguna city council and to the Provincial Traffic Directorate, which will provide the same traffic control service on secondary roads.
It should be remembered that the measure consists of the provisional cut of about two kilometers, redirecting traffic through the TF-235 island road to exit 12 of the TF-5, El Portezuelo junction, from where vehicles can join the TF-5 highway. The Cabildo remembers that this is a measure that is adopted from responsibility, with the utmost caution, and with it the aim is to improve traffic management and greater fluidity, as well as reduce the accident rate in the area.
