The Cabildo of Lanzarote will receive 2,471,250 euros to promote land public transport on the island, so that they can face, "with more guarantees and more liquidity", the "vulnerable" economic situation that the country is going through due to the fuel crisis.
The Ministry has brought forward by six months the procedures for these two annual subsidies, one state and one regional, amounting to a total of 57.7 million euros, so that the councils can transfer them to the island bus and tram operators as soon as possible.
The aim is to encourage mobility focused on the use of public transport, as well as to promote it as an element of social cohesion and sustainable economic development.
With regard to the state subsidy of 47.7 million, the Cabildo of Gran Canaria will receive the most money, with a contribution of 19.4 million, followed by Tenerife with 16 million euros. With regard to the non-capital islands, Fuerteventura will have 2.49 million, La Palma with 2.42, the City Council of Santa Cruz 2.3 million and La Gomera and El Hierro 1.2 and 1 million euros respectively.
Also, within this item is also the subsidy corresponding to the Canarian Resident Bonus, endowed with ten million euros financed with own funds of the Autonomous Community to strengthen the sector, as in addition to encouraging the use of public transport by the population, promotes the use of information technologies in bus and tram operators.
With this allocation, the Executive will guarantee the operability of the public transport system, and will serve as support to alleviate the current increase in fuel prices. Specifically, the Cabildos of Gran Canaria and Tenerife will receive an allocation of four million euros each from the Canarian Resident Bonus, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma 500,000 euros and, finally, El Hierro will have 250,000 euros for this annual exercise.
