The Local Police of Teguise, having seen the report from the Headquarters of the Local Police of Teguise which states that the Zonzamas-Arrieta transport pipe installation project (North Line 1) does not have a traffic signaling safety plan, has proceeded to notify the company in charge of the works of the obligation to stop until said plan is drawn up and communicated to the affected residents.
This Friday, the execution of the project began at the height of López Alvarado street with Bravo Murillo street, in the town of Tahíche, municipal district of Teguise, but without any record to date of the pertinent security plan that implies defining and reporting street closures or changes in the direction of traffic that are going to be made.
“The stoppage responds to the concern of the residents for an intervention that has begun to be carried out in the main arteries of the town of Tahíche without prior notice”, explained Olivia Duque, who confirms that “the Technical Office of Teguise has not received any document that includes how traffic circulation will be organized during the closures of some roads.”
“We must ensure one hundred percent the safety of the entire town from the beginning to the end of a project that was already born without the consensus of the residents of Tahíche”, argues the councilor, regretting that “neither the Cabildo of Lanzarote nor the Government of the Canary Islands have ever heeded the feelings of those affected by the installation of the Zonzamas-Arrieta transport pipe.”
“At the municipal level, we have insisted on modifying the route, taking into account the opinion of the Santiago Mayor Association, which already denounced at the time the grievance caused by the work as it passes through important infrastructures such as the CEIP César Manrique, the University Schools of Tourism and Nursing, the Municipal Pavilion or the soccer field, infrastructures that support a large influx of students, athletes, and the general public daily, in addition to the irreparable damage that it can cause to the oldest homes, as well as to businesses in the area.” “And now that they have started in important sections that run through the streets of the town center, we are going to ensure that all the technical requirements that guarantee maximum citizen security are met”, adds Duque.
Precisely, the councilor wants to convey to her neighbors her impotence at not being able to respond to the fair demands of the town, since, with the urban planning law in hand, the City Council cannot modify the work or deny the authorization requested by the Island Council without incurring a crime.
“Personally and politically I have done everything possible to find a feasible alternative and a solution that would not affect so much, and now we can only wait and pray that this imposition and stubbornness does not lead to more problems than those who already warned loud and clear that this was not the best solution to the lack of water supply in the northern area”, she added.
“We are still waiting for information on the roadmap to be followed by the Cabildo and its contingency plan, if any, where we can identify the risk situations that may affect the population and describe the measures to be implemented to prevent them from occurring or minimize them, because those of us who will have to respond to our residents for the occurrences of others, will be, as always, those of us who are closest to the citizens, a Government team and a City Council that listens, attends and seeks consensus”, says Olivia Duque, regretting that “from the first day of the start-up of the work, the Local Police of Teguise has already had to intervene.”
