SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, December 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The City Council of Santa Cruz, through the decree of the Councilor for Security, Gladis de León, has proceeded to activate the Municipal Emergency Plan (PEMU) and the suspension of all municipal outdoor activities from 00:00 hours this Sunday.
In a statement, the Consistory has indicated that this decision is based on the alert decree issued by the General Directorate of Emergencies of the Government of the Canary Islands, given the foreseeable arrival of strong winds that are expected throughout Sunday.
The municipal decision also extends to the closure of municipal outdoor facilities, whether sports (sports centers, municipal swimming pools, sports fields, etc.), cultural, educational, and any other leisure and recreation facilities, among which are, In addition to the Rastro, the markets located in Alameda del Duque de Santa Elena.
By extension, any leisure, sports, cultural or similar activity that, taking place outdoors, involves the influx of the public and that was scheduled to start at 00:00 tomorrow is suspended.
Given the expected arrival of this adverse meteorological phenomenon, the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council began to adopt preventive measures, from early in the afternoon, and activated the Municipal Emergency Plan (PEMU) to address the possible risks derived from the wind in different parts of the city.
One of these measures has been to order the closure and marking of several areas of the García Sanabria park; from the squares of San Francisco and Príncipe; from other wooded places such as the Leoncio Oramas parks; Secundino Delgado; La Estrella, Manuel Castañeda and El Timple. Access to the capital’s Las Mesas park is also prohibited.
In addition, the different municipal services are already proceeding, as of this afternoon, to carry out work to secure the different elements of Christmas decoration distributed throughout the city, as well as the rest of the objects that may be susceptible to damage due to the strong gusts of wind that are expected in the metropolitan area.
