A day before the meeting called to plan the next Ironman on the island, the mayor of Haría, Marci Acuña, has warned that he is not "going to consent to what happened last year, that they closed the town of Ye and Guinate", leaving the residents "like four hours isolated". In addition, he assured that this measure was not within the "security plan".
Similarly, Acuña has positioned himself in relation to the controversy over the proliferation of tests in Lanzarote and has defended on Radio Lanzarote - Onda Cero that it is necessary to "rationalize sports tests on the island". "Those that cause disturbances to the population, we have to dose them, we cannot close the roads", added the mayor of Haría.
"Haría merchants make 10% of the normal collection"
Regarding the last Ironman, he insisted that "Haría was the big loser and the one that served as a sample to see what happens" with that sports event, which left the residents of Ye and Guinate without being able to "access or leave their town", after closing both "completely"; something that the mayor believes should be valued.
Acuña, who will participate in the meeting to establish the security measures for the celebration of this sports event, has commented on the situation of his municipality, where he assures that "merchants of Haría tell me that on the Saturday of the Ironman they make 10% of the collection they make on a normal Saturday". Therefore, although he considers that a sacrifice must be made for the "tremendous entity" it has on the island, he will ask "that they do not close the towns, that at least they can be accessed".
And the mayor maintains that the Ironman "has to be reconciled with the normal life of the residents, because if not, it can generate a feeling or a critical attitude of the residents towards sports events".
