The Official Gazette of the Canary Islands publishes in its edition this Monday, March 11, the opening of the public exhibition period of a project for the installation of an underground electrical and telecommunications connection line promoted by the Art, Culture and Tourism Centers of the Cabildo for the Fire Mountains, as well as the environmental impact assessment thereof. The execution budget of the project, as indicated in the BOC, is 1,673,833.90 euros, and interested parties have a period of 30 business days to present any allegations they deem appropriate.
From the CACT they point out that the project is committed to "environmental sustainability" and that it contemplates "the underground channeling for a medium voltage line, the telecommunications network and the supply of drinking water, and a reserve pipeline to promote sanitation in the center."
The channeling, 10.3 kilometers long, will originate in the vicinity of the Molino de Uga, where a Delivery and Measurement Center will have to be installed as stated in the BOC, and will end in the Islote de Hilario, where a 250 kilowatt transformer will be located. The installation of a transformer, in this case of 50 kilowatts, is also contemplated in the area of the camel pen.
The CACT assure that "the natural values" of the space are preserved
"The facilities proposed by this project resolve the efficient and sustainable distribution according to the needs of Montañas del Fuego and Echadero de Camellos, and the fragility of the land, while preserving the natural values of that space," they assure from the CACT, from where they affirm that "the channeling of the electricity supply will mean the reduction of noise pollution and smoke emission, and the reduction of the consumption of fossil fuels that the two diesel-powered generating sets, one for service and the other for reserve, currently operating in the center, entail."
Regarding the new telecommunications network, according to the CACT, "it will eliminate the visual impact generated by telephone antennas and improve mobile and Internet coverage," while "the channeling of drinking water will ensure supply and eliminate smoke pollution and the visual impact of tanker trucks as this type of service disappears."
Finally, it is indicated that the sanitation network that will be installed in the center "will eliminate the filtering wells of treated water in the Timanfaya National Park and the possible alterations in the geothermal conditions of the soil, in addition to the management of sludge and waste derived from the transport thereof in the trucks indicated for this purpose."
