The mayor of Yaiza, Óscar Noda, has responded to the criticisms of Coalición Canaria regarding the withdrawal by the State's Coastal Authority of the access staircase to El Golfo beach. The mayor maintains that the City Council has been requesting actions from the Cabildo since 2024 and rejects the accusations of inaction made by the nationalist party.
"Since 2024, and before, there have been requests sent to the Cabildo's Environment Department for action in the surroundings of Charco de Los Clicos and the access to the town's beach," states Noda. He adds that "in January of this year, 2026, we also requested urgent actions from the Cabildo as the managing body responsible for the conservation of the Natural Park of the Volcanoes."
The mayor accuses CC of using "half-truths and lies" to undermine the governing group. "They are part of CC's campaign to try to cause harm and, to that end, they are capable of picking up the flag of nationalism and raising the flag of insolence," he points out.
Noda recalls that on November 8, 2024, the City Council sent a letter to the Cabildo, with acknowledgment of receipt on November 11, requesting actions aimed at the conservation of natural and cultural resources, as well as restoration, improvement, and environmental conditioning works in the area.
In that document, the Consistory recalled that it is the responsibility of the managing body of the Natural Park of the Volcanoes to carry out conditioning or restoration works of heritage, archaeological, or ethnographic elements, as well as to authorize public use infrastructures in areas classified for general use.
The mayor also assures that the Cabildo's Minister of Environment, Samuel Martín, "knows perfectly well" that the City Council not only conveyed these demands in writing and verbally, but even requested authorization to carry out the work directly "since they do not do it as the competent body."
Among the actions requested in the 2024 letter, accompanied by photographs, the City Council requested the replacement of the ropes delimiting the deteriorated general use areas, reinforcement of signage to prevent access to the path descending to Charco de Los Clicos, study the need to raise walls or remove accumulated materials at the El Golfo beach viewpoint, repair stone stairs and walls of one of the pedestrian accesses to the beach, and install signage on the rules of use and conduct in the natural space.
Likewise, in January 2026, the City Council registered a new document with the Cabildo, after receiving a communication from the island institution regarding the availability of public land for future nature restoration projects promoted by the Government of the Canary Islands.
In that response, the Consistory proposed several locations in the municipality, including the surroundings of El Golfo, where it warned of the "urgent need" to undertake restoration and signage work to improve safety and the visitor experience given the high pressure on the Natural Park due to the lack of adapted infrastructure.
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