The project of "Reorganization of uses of the House of Volcanoes" of the Jameos del Agua should have been completed almost a year ago, but the Cabildo has had to authorize an extension until November 2019 to complete the work and justify the subsidy granted to the Tourist Centers.
That subsidy, with funds from the Government of the Canary Islands, amounted to 1,850,000 euros, which represents 80 percent of the cost of this intervention, which was awarded to Constructora San José for 2.3 million euros.
When the subsidy was granted, it was established that the execution and justification period would end on August 31, 2018, but shortly before the end of the last term, the previous government group agreed to modify that period, extending it until next November. Now, once the public exposure period of this modification has ended, the Official Gazette of the Province publishes this Monday an announcement signed by the new president informing that it has been elevated to definitive.
Although in theory the work should have started in November 2016, it was not until February 2018 when the award was announced. At that time, the Tourist Centers reported that the execution period would be nine months, but that was almost a year and a half ago.
The project that is being executed was commissioned to GPY Arquitectos and, as reported in their day from the Centers, aims to "recover unfinished infrastructures and, therefore, never used from the upper floor of the Jameos del Agua building, to give shelter to a better, modern and multipurpose House of Volcanoes". In addition, where the seismological dissemination center was, a restaurant will be installed, and there will also be an elevator to "improve accessibility to the upper area".
