The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Oswaldo Betancort, held a meeting this Monday with the Minister of Public Works, Housing and Mobility of the Government of the Canary Islands, Pablo Rodríguez, to advance, in a coordinated manner, in the execution of "strategic projects" in road infrastructure and housing on the island of Lanzarote.
The meeting, which was also attended by the vice president of the Cabildo, María Jesús Tovar, and the head of the Roads area of the General Directorate of Road Infrastructure, Ángel Mejías, analyzed the status of the main projects of the island's road network. In this sense, both the Government of the Canary Islands and the Island Council agreed on the need to "act with planning, institutional consensus and in response to social demands".
Among the projects, progress has been made on the new link between the LZ-2 and the LZ-3, a key infrastructure for mobility in the Arrecife area, which has received allegations in its initial phase. “We are working on improving the project to be able to execute it in order to respond to the allegations received in the public information phase. The objective is to agree on it with the Cabildo and approve it definitively in the coming months,” explained Minister Pablo Rodríguez.
During the meeting, it was agreed to advance in the project of the Argana bypass, an intervention that they say would "improve access to the Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital and provide an effective solution to a conflictive point for road traffic."
For this government group, another of the "priority projects" is the duplication of the LZ-40, which it assures is "a road that registers a high intensity of traffic and that concentrates a high accident rate". Thus, it indicates that, at this time, "the revision of the environmental impact study is being finalized with the aim of having a favorable declaration in the coming months."
The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Oswaldo Betancort, has highlighted the importance of maintaining this shared roadmap. “We are facing an opportunity to transform Lanzarote's infrastructure map with common sense, planning and a vision for the future. The budget items are there, the projects are moving, and most importantly: there is a willingness to fulfill the island,” he indicates.
Housing underway in Lanzarote
In another order of things, in a statement to the media, reference has also been made to the actions that the Government of the Canary Islands is developing on the island of Lanzarote. In this sense, the execution of three buildings in the Maneje neighborhood has been highlighted, as well as the technical approval of the project of 136 homes in Playa Blanca.
“It is very good news for the island. This project represents a commitment of the legislature and will allow us to respond to more than 130 families who need a home at affordable prices,” Betancort highlighted.
For his part, Rodríguez has confirmed that these homes, together with others in the process of acquisition from the private sector for their incorporation into the public park, “are part of a determined strategy to respond to the housing emergency on the island.”
In addition, within program 6 of the European Union's Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, an agreement has been signed with the Yaiza City Council for the construction of a total of 126 public promotion homes for rent, whose project is currently in the drafting phase. Within this same framework, the construction of another 46 homes in Arrecife is also planned.