The mayor of Arrecife, Cándido Reguera, received this Thursday at the Consistory more than 40 residents of Malagueña, Saltona, Aires de Lima, Seguidilla and Tenderete streets, from the neighborhood of Argana Alta, one of the most affected by the storm on Tuesday. These residents have come to the City Hall to register a detailed list of the damages caused to their homes and commercial premises after the rain and wind storm.
Those affected by the heavy rains will also take advantage of the visit of the President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, who at the request of the mayor of Arrecife, Cándido Reguera, will tour the Argana Alta neighborhood this Thursday afternoon, to inform him of the damages of the past storm.
The first mayor, who has personally attended to the residents affected by the floods in the plenary hall of the Arrecife corporation, has committed to finding solutions and to expose to the president of the regional Executive the "complicated situation in which numerous residents of Arrecife have been left, mainly from Argana Alta, who have seen how their homes and streets have been completely flooded and with multiple damages difficult to repair".
"From the City Council we will demand that Paulino Rivero arbitrate special measures to respond to the countless damages registered", said the mayor, who added that economic aid and improvements in road infrastructure will be requested, as demanded by the residents.
Sewerage network
One of the main problems, which also aggravated the situation, has been the works of the sewerage network and rainwater, "which should have been completed last August and have not yet concluded", said the mayor. Thus, he argues that the completion of the rainwater works, which depend on the Ministry of Environment of the central government, "will facilitate the opening of manholes, and the solution of most of the problems derived from the rains".
With respect to the sewage system and bridges, the capital's mayor has made it clear that the maintenance of these infrastructures corresponds to the company Aguas Filtradas and the Department of Public Works of the Cabildo of Lanzarote. In this sense, he has confirmed that he had addressed Inalsa, the company for which Aguas Filtradas works, and the Cabildo itself to ask for explanations of what happened. He has also requested that the necessary measures be established so that the scenes experienced in Arrecife last Monday are not repeated.
Third day of cleaning
For the third consecutive day, twenty operators from the Department of Cleaning of the capital's Consistory and Urbaser, the company that provides the service, with the help of sidewalk washing machines, sweepers and water tanks, continue cleaning the dozens of streets affected by the mud and sewage left in their wake by the heavy rains in the municipality.
Likewise, all the schools in the municipality have also been cleaned, including the CEIP La Destila, where classes have resumed this Thursday.
Together with the cleaning operators, Traffic personnel, Local Police officers and Civil Protection personnel have also been working since the first moments after the storm.
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