The Jordán-Martinón family, owners of Alegranza, met last Friday with the president of the Cabildo, Pedro San Ginés, to request a joint management of the visits to the Islet. In other words, what the owners demand is that the first institution does not unilaterally grant permits to visit the island, but consults with the family first.
For the moment, San Ginés has already committed to preparing a draft to address this issue. This document will include the Cabildo's requests regarding this Islet. Subsequently, the draft, which Manolo Jordán hopes will be ready in about "30 days", will be discussed with the owning family to try to reach an agreement.
"At least, the Cabildo has already accepted our requests and has assumed that we want to jointly manage the Islet with the administrations, as long as they respect private property," explained Manolo Jordán. In this sense, given the "good disposition of the president of the Cabildo", Jordán hopes that the first institution will approve that visits to the Islet are carried out "with the consent of the family".
Also, during this meeting, the owners also asked Pedro San Ginés to start processing all the permits to be able to rehabilitate the houses that are already built on the island. "Everything is very abandoned," said Manolo Jordán, who also hopes that the first institution will approve the construction of a jetty and the cleaning of a dam.
The restoration of the lighthouse
Regarding the 517,957 euros that the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs has allocated for the restoration and improvement of the Punta Delgada Lighthouse, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC), Manolo Jordán hopes that the Cabildo will also take the family into account "when letting people in to fix the lighthouse". "If the environmentalists have to come, we want them to let us know beforehand," demands Jordán.
"We are willing to help the administrations, but after going through private property. We want them to know that the last word is with private property," emphasizes Jordán, who, however, is "quite happy" because after talking to the president of the Cabildo "everything looks different now".
