The mayor of Arrecife, Astrid Pérez, presented this Thursday the project ‘Arrecife Paving Plan Phase I’, which is in bidding with a budget of 2,480,857.33 euros, and which will involve the resurfacing and improvement of pedestrian accessibility, with the consequent elimination of architectural barriers, of 41 streets in the municipality, 24 located in the Altavista neighborhood and the remaining 17 in the city center.
"Arrecife has not had an asphalt plan for more than five years, a product of the historical neglect to which it was subjected in the previous term”, said Ástrid Pérez, who has been in the Mayor's Office for three years. During the press conference, in which she was accompanied by the Councilor for Public Works, Roberto Herbón, she described this project as “one of the largest of this government group” and assured that “it will contribute to making this city more friendly and habitable.”
The mayor stressed that “one of the priorities of this government group is to modernize the city, which must proudly show off its status as the capital of Lanzarote, providing it with adequate infrastructure; and based on a lot of work and effort from the members of the government group and many workers of this Institution, we are achieving it, as evidenced by the large number of improvement projects that we have undertaken in the municipality.”
"Technical decision" in the selection of streets
Astrid Pérez has indicated that the selection of the streets included in this first phase of the Asphalt Plan “has corresponded to a technical decision, and in successive phases the remaining streets of the municipality will be included.” In this context, she thanked “both the technicians of the public company Gesplan and those of the Department of Public Works of the City Council for their dedication and effort in the preparation of the project.” The mayor concluded her speech “apologizing to the population because we already know that the works always cause inconvenience, but it will surely be worth it.”
For his part, Roberto Herbón indicated that the Arrecife Asphalt Plan will include the adaptation to current regulations of the pedestrian sections of the roads in terms of accessibility, elimination of physical and communication barriers; and he pointed out that Portugal Street will undergo an “integral transformation that the City Council will report in more detail soon.”
With regard to the Altavista neighborhood, the streets included in the first phase of the Asphalt Plan are Carlos III, Ángel Gavinet, Cuenca, Juan Sebastián Elcano, La Cristina, Ramón y Cajal, El Antonio, Menéndez y Pelayo, Vicente Guerra, El Salvador, Calderón de la Barca, Andalucía, Huelva, Jaén, Sevilla, Córdoba, José Pereyra Galviaty, La Fermina, La Joaquina, Jerez, Ronda, Temisas, Chafaris and Blasco Ibáñez.
With regard to the central area of Arrecife, the 17 streets that will be paved are Portugal, Triana, Paraguay, La Pasionaria, Doctor Fleming, La Inés, El Pedro, El Rubicón, Cabo Juby, José Sánchez, La Gaviota, Alegranza, Río de Oro, Figueroa, Ramón Franco, Carlos Sáez Infante and Democracia.