The President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, together with the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Government of the Canary Islands, Alicia Vanoostende, have assessed this Friday the investment to carry out irrigation works on the islands, a public action that is developed in coordination with the island councils, the irrigation communities and the State Society of Agrarian Infrastructures (Seiasa).
In Lanzarote, a project for more than 14 million euros will be executed for the modernization and improvement of irrigation in the municipalities of Tinajo and Teguise, consisting of the desalination and pumping of water with alternative energies.
Torres and Vanoostende have finalized the agreement that will be signed next week between the Seiasa entity, the island councils and the irrigation communities for the execution of the project in Lanzarote and four other irrigation works in Fuerteventura, Tenerife and La Palma. All together add up to more than 49 million euros of total investment.
The president of the Canary Islands executive indicated regarding this public action that "from the autonomous government we have defended before the Seiasa firm the realization of these works, which will improve the efficiency and sustainability of the irrigation networks of the islands." Torres highlighted the importance of modernizing irrigation systems and canals, as well as the firm commitment to the use of reclaimed water and clean energy by the Government of the Canary Islands.
Phase one, signed in September 2021, and phase two, the one of this agreement and which includes the five works mentioned, mean for the Archipelago the execution of ten important irrigation projects charged to the funds of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan of the Government of Spain, whose total amount amounts to 68 million euros.
The agreement also contemplates the creation of new irrigation infrastructure in Fuerteventura in the municipalities of Tuineje and Pájara. In Tenerife, the modernization and improvement projects, phase one and two, will be carried out in the municipalities of Adeje, Guía de Isora and Santiago del Teide, plus phase three of the Las Charquetas regulating pond, in Guía de Isora. In La Palma, it is the nine separate of the project to modernize and improve the San Miguel network in Breña Alta, Breña Baja, Mazo and Fuencaliente.
