Residents of Puerto del Carmen claim to have been "for more than 13 years" demanding the paving of Sálamo street and the installation of public lighting on Arado street from the City Council and have decided to appeal to the Common Deputy after not receiving solutions to their request.
According to what they state in a letter addressed to the Consistory last April and which they have now sent to La Voz, they have expressed to the Consistory "repeatedly" the "deplorable state" of Salamo street, where "part of the road is not paved", causing "serious damage" to the residents.
"Every time it rains, it turns into a large mud puddle that causes a high risk of falls, broken car shock absorbers, and a lot of dust that damages and quickly deteriorates the paint on the facades or pool motors, in addition to making it impossible to access our homes in a manner worthy of being on urban land," they point out.
In this regard, they assure that they have made "repeated requests" for the street to be repaired and that they were told that the "municipal technicians would proceed with the provisional repair by conditioning it with soil from the deteriorated sections." A solution that they consider "insufficient", as they point out that "as soon as it rains, the mud puddle returns, leaving the street in a deplorable state."
On the other hand, regarding the lack of public lighting on Arado street, they state that "on numerous occasions" they have been told that "it would be solved", but that "it has never been fulfilled" despite the fact that the street "has the pre-installation done". In addition, they state that it is "an area of insecurity or prone to vandalism, since without lighting there is not the minimum deterrent that any other urban street in the municipality could have"
"Thus, for 13 years, and despite these homes having all the necessary licenses and occupancy certificates, and paying all the taxes that correspond to us as an urban area (waste collection fee, IBI for an amount exceeding 1,000 euros, etc.) we live on a street that does not have paving or public lighting services and every time it rains it turns into a large mud puddle, which also prevents dignified access to our homes," they point out.
The residents of these streets describe it as "lamentable" that an institution such as the Tías City Council "takes years and does not even emphasize starting a project to solve this issue". "While it is understandable that the current economic situation of the City Council is not the most adequate, it does not justify the lack of action", consider the residents of the area, who insist that they have been waiting "13 years" for a solution.
Therefore, they ask the Consistory to improve both streets "in compliance with the obligation to attend to the minimum municipal services and before local economic resources are allocated to other services and activities that are secondary and not mandatory."
