The Arrecife City Council has put out to tender the rehabilitation work of the Youth Center for an amount of 176,265.37 euros, including IGIC. Of these, 30,000 euros will be subsidized by the Cabildo of Lanzarote.
With this work, the doors can "finally" be opened to a building that has been closed for almost a decade. "We are going to be able to respond to many of the demands and needs of our young people," defended the Councilor for Youth of the capital's Consistory, Jacobo Lemes.
The councilor has assured that "the first steps have already been taken" and, once the financing has been obtained, several companies have been invited to participate so that they can make their offers. "The documentation must be in the City Council at the end of this month of April so that the usual procedure can be followed and the Youth Center can become a reality," Lemes stressed.
A bad building
The councilor recalled that the building was closed in its day "because there was a danger that part of the structure would collapse, due to a bad building that was not taken into account when this headquarters was inaugurated in 1991".
For his part, the mayor of Arrecife, Manuel Fajardo Feo, has also expressed his satisfaction with the tender for this work and has stressed that "this new step is further proof that this government group is working to solve a multitude of problems that were unresolved". "We are doing it well, following the procedures that must be followed and rigorously complying with the Law," he stressed.
The mayor also recalled that the Youth Center will be added to the list of infrastructures "that were in no man's land when this government group arrived and that thanks to the work carried out have seen the light". In this sense, he mentioned the Civic Center, the Maneje Park, the Children's School or the Minors Center, "which are already fully operational", and others such as the House of Culture and the Museum of History, "which together with the Youth Center, will be a reality before the end of the legislature".
In the same vein, the first deputy mayor of the capital's City Council, José Montelongo, has also stated that "in the recovery and commissioning of the infrastructures of Arrecife, it is the turn of the young people, who will thus enjoy a modern alternative leisure space in accordance with their needs and demands".
