The Socialist Group in the Cabildo of Lanzarote will request this Friday in a motion that the Cabildo urge the Centers of Art, Culture and Tourism (CACT) to launch two parking lots for the Timanfaya National Park, with the aim of eliminating queues, pollution and improving the landscape image of the environment.
The socialist councilor and former head of the CACT, Benjamín Perdomo, explained that in 2015, the Ministry of Territorial Policy, Sustainability and Security of the Government of the Canary Islands published an alternative study of access for tourism and visitors to the islet of Hilario (Timanfaya National Park).
That study shed light on many aspects and deficiencies that the current entry system to the center had and has, establishing that the best way to reduce queues, avoid accidents and reduce pollution was the establishment of two parking lots, one located in Mancha Blanca and the other in Yaiza.
The Tinajo parking lot would be located in Mancha Blanca and for the Yaiza parking lot, several alternatives were studied, of which the eighth option was selected, where the parking lot would be located near the Molino de Yaiza.
“In that same term, the Government of the Cabildo of Lanzarote presided over by Coalición Canaria, tried to make an underground parking lot in El Chinero. This idea remained as always in a beautiful powerpoint without further significance, with much fanfare but no journey”, Perdomo pointed out.
Perdomo recalled that “in the last term, already with a socialist government, the 2015 study was resumed and the foundations were laid to carry it out. Eight hybrid buses were purchased to be able to develop the project, to which would be added the buses that the Tourist Centers themselves already owned”.
“The image of the endless queues in a territory so fragile and so sensitive to human action is becoming increasingly serious. Recently we have also experienced regrettable episodes where we saw groups of tourists stepping on the volcanic lava flow while waiting to enter the park. These scenes show us that it is more necessary than ever to establish measures that reduce pressure in that area at a time when the arrival of tourists is completely out of control.”
