The PSOE has denounced the situation of "abandonment" in which part of the facilities of the Arrecife sports city, dependent on the Cabildo of Lanzarote, are located. Specifically, they have referred to the sports courts attached to the Sports City that "presents a deteriorated and neglected image that is not typical of a sports space."
"It is unacceptable that a sports complex for the use and enjoyment of all Lanzarote residents is in a deplorable state due to lack of maintenance," said the councilor of the Socialist Group, Celeste Callero.
According to the socialist councilor, the "negligence" of the government team formed by the Canarian Coalition and the Popular Party has turned the facilities of the sports city into a "deteriorated enclosure", where "no type of repair is carried out to adequately maintain the complex and reach the levels of modernization that the island deserves in island facilities".
"It is a disgrace that Oswaldo Betancort and his government team keep these facilities abandoned to their fate," said the PSOE councilor, who stressed that the "lamentable state" of the complex does not invite its use. "We cannot allow the facilities to continue to deteriorate due to the neglect of the government team of the Cabildo of Lanzarote," said Callero, who has demanded that Oswaldo Betancort take the "necessary measures" to maintain the facilities with dignity.
Likewise, Callero pointed out that, on the other hand, "it is regrettable that the soccer field and the athletics track have been unusable since the end of May due to the celebration of musical events." In his opinion, the "lack of organization" in the preparation of the events and the "non-dismantling" of the same has prevented the facilities from being "used normally throughout the summer, since the works will not begin until September."
"Oswaldo Betancort forgets the hundreds of young people who use the venue for grassroots sports and prioritizes its occupation by private entities that are not required to generate the minimum impact or damage to the users of the Sports City," says Callero. "The infrastructures are preventing the true use of the facilities, the practice of sports, which should not be blocked by lack of agility and operability in the organization of events," he adds.