The Lanzarote Business Circle has presented an urban transformation project for the island of Lanzarote, focusing in the first phase on the city of Arrecife. This plan contains an urban vision that bets on innovation and sustainability as drivers for the improvement of the capital, and as a whole for the island as a quality tourist destination.
The president of the Lanzarote Business Circle, José Valle, focused on Arrecife, stating that "Lanzarote has important challenges for improvements that we have to address", since "here reside a good part of the best opportunities for the functional and economic diversification of the island".
In addition, he made a call for unity stating that this project is a "social project where we are all going to have something to say, the opinion of the resident, the business sector and the public sector".
The project "Lanzarote 2030: An Eco-development Strategy", presented on Wednesday morning, arises from the need to create quality urban spaces and territories for the island, as Valle pointed out, "development is sustainable or it is not development".
The plan, which is presented in collaboration with the Metrópoli Foundation, proposes a roadmap with strategic proposals that will become concrete opportunities and attractions to turn Lanzarote into an example of sustainable urban transformation.
For his part, Alfonso Vegara, president of Metrópoli and urban planner specialized in planning and development of the territory, was in charge of presenting and explaining the City of Arrecife 2030 project under the slogan "Urban heart of Lanzarote". In it, he indicated that the objective of this is to remodel Arrecife and enhance its opportunities to revitalize the economy, attract employment and improve the city towards a model of eco-sustainable island.
"Carrying out an island strategy of future of these dimensions will provide a more advantageous situation for Lanzarote," he added. In this way, negotiation processes with other administrations, such as access to the financing funds of the European Union, will be facilitated for the implementation of new local projects in the field of infrastructure and economic and social development.
"The consensus and convergence of interests between businessmen and the public sector is necessary", as highlighted by David García, president of MWCC, stating that "we cannot think that the public administration is capable of generating all the projects". In the same line, he pointed out the importance of the initiative promoted by the Lanzarote Business Circle, and congratulated him stating that "you have been very pioneers in developing this agreement, this is the way".
