The Local Police of Yaiza began this past Monday the removal from public roads of the scooters owned by the companies Bird Rides Spain SL, Hoppylectrico SL and Spadimur, dedicated to the rental of these personal mobility vehicles (VMP) in the tourist town of Playa Blanca, after initiating the relevant sanctioning procedure for lacking the enabling title for the exercise of said activity.
The southern City Council assures that it already warned in writing at the beginning of last May all the companies that operate in the municipality that they should remove the vehicles that they had operating in Playa Blanca, giving them a period of ten days to do so voluntarily and reserving the right to take appropriate measures in case of non-compliance.
Thus, from the Department of Urban Planning and after verifying, through the remission of a report issued by the Local Police of Yaiza dated May 22, 2024, that the detailed companies had not proceeded to their removal within the established period, the corresponding sanctioning procedure was initiated given that the Ordinance establishes said lack as a very serious infraction, also proceeding to their removal by personnel of the Local Police.
The Councilor of the Area, Karina Centeno, emphasizes that "we cannot allow these vehicles, like any other, to circulate on our roads without the pertinent authorization and for this reason we have proceeded to their removal."
The Municipal Plenary that is being held on the morning of this Tuesday, June 18 in Yaiza has initially approved the Sustainable Mobility Ordinance that regulates the use and circulation of bicycles, skates, skateboards, scooters and other personal mobility vehicles (VMP), which will then pass to a period of public information for 30 days for its subsequent final approval in the Plenary.
"The intention of the City Council is not to prohibit the use of these scooters but to regulate it," clarifies the mayor Óscar Noda, "because there are many neighborhood complaints regarding their use and the way in which they are left abandoned on sidewalks and roads obstructing the passage of pedestrians, among other inconveniences and deficiencies that we see and want to correct. In fact, work is also already being done on a specification of conditions so that companies that wish to provide this service can do so but complying with a series of requirements, to do it in the best possible way and without causing inconvenience to the residents of Yaiza."
The Yaiza City Council also reminds users of private scooters and bicycles that they must also comply with traffic and signaling regulations since they are considered vehicles and as such are subject to the DGT traffic regulations.
