The Cabildo of Lanzarote, through its Department of Public Works, has responded to the statements of the City Council of Tías in relation to the conservation of the palm grove in the Hospiten area and the LZ-505 road. The councilor Jacobo Medina denies the "inaction" denounced by the City Council and clarifies the ownership of the specimens, in addition to pointing out that there is already a project for the removal of dead palm trees.
According to Medina, the palm grove referred to by the City Council "corresponds to land owned by the municipality and was planted in its day by the Tías City Council itself." Likewise, the councilor points out that some private palm trees in the area would have been removed directly by the City Council, which is not an island competence and could have legal consequences. The Cabildo recalls that if action were taken on palm trees in the island area without express authorization, the Tías City Council would be incurring an irregularity, since the removal requires mandatory and binding reports from the Cabildo's Environment Unit.
Jacobo Medina also denies any abandonment in the maintenance of the margins of the island's roads. "It should be remembered that the real abandonment occurred during the past term of the PSOE, when the contract for margins was terminated with technical reports against it, which left the island without a fundamental service," the councilor stresses. Currently, he assures, there is a rigorous planning of the margins teams in all the municipalities of Lanzarote, and last week they already worked on island roads in the municipality of Tías, "which shows that there is no neglect whatsoever."
Finally, the Cabildo informs that a specific project has already been drafted and approved for the removal of the dead palm grove, which will be executed in coordination with the area of Ecological Transition of the Government of the Canary Islands, guaranteeing the correct technical and legal execution of the works. The Cabildo of Lanzarote reiterates its "commitment to the conservation of the island's landscape, the legality in the management of its trees and the transparency in the coordination with all administrations."
