The Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council pledged yesterday to pursue a more streamlined administrative process aimed at reducing the timeframe for the removal of abandoned vehicles from the streets, which currently takes an estimated “between six and seven months”, according to Gladis de León, the Councilor for Security. The mayor, Florentino Guzmán, further remarked that the average could extend to “three years, although some cases may take up to five as they remain outside public thoroughfares.”
The PSOE garnered unanimous backing from the municipal assembly for a motion that proposes the establishment of a more efficient system for identifying and removing abandoned vehicles from the streets, enabling their immediate removal, as well as the expansion or establishment of a new municipal storage facility with adequate capacity for the vehicles taken away by the council.
This proposal received the approval of the government team, with agreement from the opposition regarding “the significant number of abandoned cars observed throughout the city.” In this regard, the local mayor stated that “efforts are already underway in collaboration with Heritage to identify a larger area for relocating the existing municipal depot situated in Cabo Llanos.” De León also vowed to “enhance resources, both material and personnel, to identify, notify, and penalise the owners of immobilised vehicles, as well as to improve information and support mechanisms for vehicle owners.”
