The mayor of the city, Yonathan de León, and the Councilor for Transportation and Mobility, Mario González Altube, have adopted measures so that, on the nights of Saturday, 24, and Sunday 25, the capital of Lanzarote has reinforced public transport services.
During this weekend the final concerts will be held, and the final party night with fireworks over El Reducto beach.
The Arrecife City Council has reinforced the Municipal Urban Bus Service so that citizens have more mobility facilities during this long weekend of the San Ginés Festivities, where the highest attendance is expected due to the large concerts and the night of the fireworks. In addition to increasing the hours of urban buses, the Arrecife City Council has adapted two large parking areas for vehicles that will be open 24 hours a day.
During the nights of this weekend, Line 3 of the Urban Buses of Arrecife will operate until 1 am. Thus, on the nights of Saturday 24 and Sunday 25, Line 3, which connects the neighborhoods with the city center, will run until 01:00 the next day.
The Councilor for Transportation and Mobility, Mario González Altube, recalls that, as the events take place on the Arrecife waterfront, during these San Ginés festivities the bus stops are centralized in the Interchange area (next to El Reducto beach) and in the vicinity of the Town Hall building (next to the Municipal Archive).
The stops at the Yacht Club, Gran Hotel and José Ramírez Cerdá Park and the Boca del Muelle (Puente de las Bolas) remain closed these days.
Likewise, the Department of Transportation and Mobility has requested the first institution of Lanzarote to declare Arrecife as "sensitive areas for public transport", a declaration that will allow taxis from other municipalities to operate in Arrecife during the nights of Saturday, 24, and Sunday, 25. Likewise, as is done in other island-wide festivals, it is desired that the Cabildo decree greater frequencies and schedules in the concessionaire company of Interurban Transport in Lanzarote. The schedules for taxis from other municipalities will allow them to provide services between 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, and between 6:00 p.m. on Sunday and 3:00 a.m. on Monday, August 26, as noted in the request for the declaration of a sensitive area.
This measure would make it easier for residents in other municipalities to travel to the capital in public buses, facilitating the mobility of passengers, and avoiding a greater presence of personal vehicles at those hours of the night in the streets of Arrecife.
More parking areas
The City Council informs that, according to the security plans, the accesses to the underground parking in the Parque Islas Canarias will be open during Saturday, and Sunday will close at 7:00 p.m. The exit of vehicles will be allowed when the fireworks conclude, and the thousands of attendees who are expected to leave the pedestrian area of El Reducto, in the first hour of Monday, August 26.
Similarly, the city of Arrecife will offer two large free vehicle parking areas. In a planned manner, as the area of the attractions is concentrated next to the Charco de San Ginés (Ginory site), the esplanade next to the Theme Park, in the El Reducto area, is available as a parking area. A large place to park that is a few steps from the epicenter of the great musical celebrations in El Reducto, which this year has premiered a new pedestrian promenade.
The mayor of Arrecife, Yonathan de León, has made direct arrangements with the property of the large plot located next to the Open Mall Shopping Center, and which is used as a parking annex, so that it is operational 24 hours a day, allowing the parking of vehicles free of charge. This large plot, already adapted by its owners for car parking, has its access on Pérez Galdós street, next to the Valterra Health Center.
Precisely, Line 3 of the Municipal Buses of the City Council has a stop in this area next to the Valterra Health Center, which will allow greater mobility in public transport to people who attend the festivities during this weekend, where the largest musical concerts and the great night of fireworks are celebrated (on the night of Sunday 25, the feast of San Ginés, patron saint of Arrecife).
From the Department of Mobility and Transport it is suggested to the attendees to these events, who access the city of Arrecife in vehicles, to use these large parking lots. For those who travel from the south, along the LZ 2, they can go to the esplanade of El Reducto. For those who circulate from the north of the island, along the LZ 1, they can park their vehicles in the parking lot enabled (and authorized by its owners, next to the Open Mall, in front of the Valterra Health Center.
