Arona council is urging Tenerife Cabildo and the Canary Government to address the severe traffic congestion and road system failures in the south of Tenerife.
Council leaders say that the infrastructure is still stuck in the 20th century.
Arona council is urging Tenerife Cabildo and the Canary Government to address the severe traffic congestion and road system failures in the south of Tenerife. The council calls for immediate action to improve the situation.
Arona council is urging Tenerife Cabildo and the Canary Government to address the severe traffic congestion and road system failures in the south of Tenerife.
Local officials criticize the outdated infrastructure and emphasize the economic importance of Arona and the southern region of the island.
Arona is calling for road improvements, the finalization of pending projects, and attention to the TF-1 motorway by providing three lanes throughout.
The current traffic hold-ups are unbearable, and the roads themselves are in poor condition.
All political parties support the call for immediate action to solve the problems.
The Mayor, José Julián Mena, stated that it is crucial for both the Government and the Cabildo to recognize that Arona and the southern region are the economic engine of the island. Therefore, they need proper roads, such as the one that the Ayuntamiento de Arona will begin to asphalt throughout the municipality in the coming weeks.
Arona is the third most populous municipality on the island, with 93,496 residents as of May 2017. It received over 1.5 million tourists last year and has a daily average floating population of 225,000 people.
Despite their contribution to the island’s wealth generation and the autonomous community, the southern region in general, and Arona in particular, still have 20th-century infrastructure in the 21st century. Every day, thousands of people who live in or commute to the southern region suffer from mobility issues. A change in the mobility model is necessary, with support from all administrations, social agents, and citizens. This change should prioritize public transportation and increase efficiency in infrastructure use.
The southern motorway (TF-1) passing through Los Cristianos has an average daily traffic of 79,975 vehicles per year, which increased by 5,000 in just one year. Additionally, the TF653, which runs parallel to the TF-1 and connects Guaza with Los Cristianos, has seen a significant increase in daily traffic from 11,000 to 26,600 vehicles. This is compounded by its poor state of conservation.
The document calls for a study on mobility, the extension of the southern motorway (TF-1), and adherence to this agreement by business and social associations, as well as the municipalities of the southern region.
The motion urges both the island corporation and the regional government to act quickly, within the framework of their respective competencies, to address the continuous traffic jams experienced by users of the main communication routes in the municipality.