This Friday, the mayor and part of the municipal corporation attended the inauguration of a new business in Costa Teguise. Good news for the commercial offer of the town, but which, according to Primero Teguise, contrasts with the image of abandonment of the accesses to the area.
"Streets such as Avenida de las Palmeras, Las Piteras or the LZ-18 continue with deteriorated sidewalks, without shade or gardens, and without visible reform plans," they add from the formation.
“It is curious that the government group is placed in the front row to inaugurate a private supermarket, but does not lift a finger so that residents and visitors can reach it in decent conditions. The LZ-18 looks like a karting circuit full of potholes, and access to Avenida de las Palmeras has not been updated. It seems that the photo is worth more than the broken sidewalk”, Jonás Álvarez, councilor of Primero Teguise, joked.
The island formation recalls that, although the LZ-18 has shared competences, it is the City Council that must demand its arrangement. “If they are really so interested in Costa Teguise, they should lead the pressure so that the main roads are up to what they presume in the press. And above all, act with planning. Have they foreseen the traffic jams that are going to be generated taking into account that the access is at the main roundabout at the entrance to Costa Teguise?”, added Álvarez.
The councilor also compared the execution times of public and private works. “The company that built this supermarket took just six months. Meanwhile, less than a kilometer away, we still have no date to finish the bus station. And the sidewalks raised for the change of stops advance at a snail's pace, leaving people in the sun in the middle of August. That a private work ends before a public one shows that the City Council has lost capacity for management and negotiation in its tenders”, he criticized.
Primero Teguise proposes that municipal awards include clear mechanisms to penalize delays and reward advances, so that the works are executed in a timely manner, preventing residents from paying for administrative neglect.
“We repeat it once again: less photos and more work. Residents do not need to see their mayor cutting supermarket ribbons, they need well-kept streets and public works that are completed on time. That would be a true inauguration for Costa Teguise”, concluded Álvarez.
