The Cabildo of Lanzarote will file an administrative litigation against San Bartolomé for the taxis

The municipality is willing to go to court to defend that its taxi drivers can ask for help from other localities in times of high demand

February 2 2024 (16:58 WET)
Updated in February 2 2024 (16:59 WET)
The long queue to catch a taxi at the exit of Lanzarote Airport
The long queue to catch a taxi at the exit of Lanzarote Airport

The Cabildo of Lanzarote will file an administrative litigation against the City Council of San Bartolomé for the final approval of the Municipal Taxi Service Regulations. Specifically, the disagreement occurs in the point approved by the council that supports the exceptional use of taxis from other municipalities to cover the peaks of greatest demand at the César Manrique Airport.

As a result, the Cabildo has called an extraordinary plenary session for this Monday, February 5. In the plenary session, they will study the obligation to formulate a prior requirement to the council and the filing of the administrative litigation for the approval of the aforementioned regulation. 

In the current regulation, approved in December 2023, San Bartolomé states that "in the face of unforeseen situations and at specific times in which a taxi may be needed from another part of the island, whether in tourist areas or at the Airport, administrations have the possibility of coordinating to avoid these situations that are not adequate," explained the Councilor for Economy and Finance, Contracting, Human Resources, Internal Regime and Statistics of San Bartolomé, Antonio Rocío Romero, to La Voz.

In this sense, the City Council defends that this new ordinance is "adjusted to law" and is "endorsed by the legal services of the City Council." While the Cabildo estimates that this decision is really its competence. In this line, the Councilor for Transport, Mobility and Accessibility of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Domingo Cejas, explains that next Monday the requirement will predictably be approved by which they will ask the City Council of San Bartolomé to modify this section within a period of one month and the option of resolving it in court will also be reflected.

While the Cabildo considers that "the law is clear regarding this issue," the City Council of San Bartolomé is preparing to defend its position in court. 

Faced with the continuous complaints from tourists and residents about the lack of taxis on the island, the Cabildo of Lanzarote raises the possibility of working together on a regulation to regulate both services at the César Manrique Airport and in the rest of the island to give the possibility for other taxis to "go to the area" and act as reinforcement. "At no time have I spoken of insularizing taxis," concludes Cejas. 

 

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