The Cabildo of Lanzarote and La Graciosa values the definitive approval, by the Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Mobility of the Government of the Canary Islands, for the environmental restoration of the margins of the LZ-3 road, Arrecife Ring Road.
The action involves implementing the guidelines set out in the Biocrit Report (Critical Study of the Island Landscape), a document that served as the basis for the Lanzarote Landscape Pact agreed upon by the Governing Board of the Biosphere Reserve Council in February 2024. Among its criteria are the landscape improvement of margins, interchanges, and roundabouts of the island roads, especially in peri-urban areas such as the LZ-3, using native species with low water requirements, chromatic integration of materials, and vegetation treatment adapted to the territory.
The president of the Cabildo, Oswaldo Betancort, points out that “this approval is good news for Lanzarote because it allows us to move from planning to concrete intervention on one of the main accesses to Arrecife. The Biocrit Report was created precisely to establish clear criteria on how our infrastructures should be integrated into the landscape, and today we see one of its first results.”
Betancort adds that “the collaboration between the Cabildo and the Government of the Canary Islands is allowing us to resolve pending actions and do so by considering the specific characteristics of Lanzarote. We are talking about intervening on a very busy road and substantially improving its image, its environmental integration, and also the conditions of its surroundings.”
An integral action on the margins of the LZ-3
The project, led by the Landscape and Biosphere Reserve areas of the island Institution, includes the environmental restoration and revegetation of the margins and links of the ring road, the removal of red rofe and its substitution with black picón, as well as the installation of acoustic screens in areas close to homes. It also foresees the cleaning of margins, removal of plant debris and waste, eradication of exotic species, an independent irrigation network, sustainable drainage solutions, use of basalt stone and anti-glare screens in the median.
The island councilor for Landscape and Biosphere Reserve, Samuel Martín, recalls that "the Pact for Landscape and the Biocrit Report were proposed to have technical criteria that could be subsequently applied to the interventions carried out on the Island. We are facing a clear example of how the environmental planning of the Cabildo ends up translating into concrete actions on the territory".
"On an island like Lanzarote, the treatment of roads and their margins has a direct impact on the landscape. The use of adapted species, the elimination of elements that generate visual impact, the use of basalt stone or the substitution of red rofe with black picón respond to criteria consistent with our landscape identity," adds Martín.
The regional order finally and definitively approves the project, which has favorable reports from Technical Supervision and environmental verification issued on August 24. The base tender budget amounts to 1,520,212.40 euros, and the project establishes an execution period of 12 months.
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