The president of the Water Consortium and councilor of the Cabildo, Andrés Stinga, explained this Friday in the program 'Buenos Días Lanzarote' of Radio Lanzarote - Onda Cero that they will not carry out the works of the North Pipeline as it passes through the César Manrique school of Tahíche so as not to affect its students. "We spoke with the educational community and reached an agreement that the works will continue to be carried out in an area away from the César Manrique school and will be used to resume them there during non-school weeks."
For her part, the head of the Technical Office of the Teguise City Council, Olivia Duque, points out that in recent days they had received, "the complaints of several parents, concerned about the action of the jackhammer in the vicinity of the school. Fortunately, those responsible for the work have been aware of the need to minimize the risks and impact as little as possible on the school routine ”, explained the Councilor for Urban Planning who is doing "a daily monitoring of the opening works of the ditch" after the neighborhood request that measures be taken to guarantee a safe school environment.
The councilor stated that “it is time to value” the policy of common sense, that is, “more humanized with the complaints of parents and neighbors” that have materialized in the collection of signatures, as well as in repeated writings sent to the Water Consortium and the Island Council “without, until now, having been attended to”. However, the Teguise councilor herself recalls that "the request that the works be postponed until the summer has not yet been attended to, thus avoiding inconveniences to the students of the school with the course already advanced.”
“As a mother, a resident of Tahíche, a councilor, but also as a teacher of students with special educational needs, I put myself in the shoes of those who are concerned about the transfer of the Enclave Classroom or how the works may affect the school performance or the emotional state of children with ASD. I understand their anguish ”said Olivia Duque, also recalling that the Tahiche school is a preferred center for students with hearing impairments “who can suffer a lot from the noises and vibrations generated by the work by producing an amplifying effect in their hearing aids.”
Duque wanted to reiterate her offer to the Cabildo “to sit down and re-evaluate the possible alternatives to the pipeline passing through one of the main roads of Tahiche”. In this sense, she stressed that “this issue cannot become a political war or an electoral issue”, and thanked other political formations that have also supported neighborhood and municipal claims. “Now we have to work for the common good, without causing unnecessary damage”, she argued.