A reader has contacted La Voz to denounce "the unsustainable situation of opportunism and degradation" that they are experiencing again in the parking lot of Los Charcos beach due to the presence of motorhomes that constantly occupy several parking spaces.
"They generate tense situations with all the other users who just want to park their vehicle to take a walk, spend some time on the beach, or practice their favorite water sports, as in my case," he says.
According to him, "campers often occupy more than one parking space, dump waste, use the planters and the area next to the hotel to relieve themselves and their pets, and increasingly, they believe that these spaces they occupy are theirs and they confront you if you dare to park regularly in the space next to them, since they can no longer open the access door to the motorhome or the storage area of it."
Furthermore, he explains that the Teguise Town Hall has placed signs prohibiting parking for vehicles longer than 5 meters and wider than 2 meters in all parking lots near all beaches. This has caused them to "lump everyone together, including squatter campers, residents with vans or cars longer than 5 meters, and athletes with large vans in which they can store their boards and sports equipment."
"In my specific case, I have a car that's just over 5 meters long and a van that's 6 meters long, where all my equipment fits, and it doesn't matter that I've paid five urban IBI taxes well in advance in 2025, if I can't then take my car to the beach. It seems unbelievable to me that a resident who pays their taxes doesn't have the right to go to the beach for fear of a traffic fine, as has already happened a few times," he criticizes.
In this regard, he assures that last May some residents met with Olivia Duque, the mayor of the municipality, to find a reasonable solution to this problem. "There was talk of setting a nighttime parking ban for large vehicles. With this schedule, anyone with any vehicle could go and spend the day at the beach with the obligation to leave the place at sunset," he explains.
"If that were the case, some of the aforementioned problems would possibly end, since if one of these caravaners had to leave every night, they would no longer have these behaviors. However, nothing has changed and we remain in limbo with a prohibition sign half-covered by a garbage bag," he concludes.
