Approximately a thousand individuals took to the streets of Puerto de la Cruz this Sunday, demonstrating to demand a resolution for Playa Jardín, which has been closed for eight months due to sewage spills.
Organised by the ‘Stop Platform Spills into the Sea’, the protesters, clad in yellow t-shirts, voiced their dissatisfaction with a situation that has left one of the most cherished tourist areas in the Canary Islands without its primary beach.
During their march, which commenced near Lake Martiánez and made its way to Punta Brava, they displayed banners and shouted slogans calling for solutions, specifically targeting the president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, and the insular councillor for natural environment, sustainability, and security and emergencies, Blanca Pérez.
“The residents are not at fault,” the demonstrators chanted, pointing out a brown stain on the beach by the dock, stating: “This is the waste we are protesting against.”
The Cabildo de Tenerife has planned a series of initiatives, including the repair of the emissary from the Punta Brava treatment plant, with an expanded project proposed for the long term, which is of regional importance.
Moreover, the island corporation has allocated a budget of one million euros to connect all the homes in the Punta Brava neighbourhood to the sanitation network.
