Tenerife Spends millions on improvements

Article added 05/05/2008

The investment has been put together through subsidies by various town councils, as well as access to both Cabildo and Government aid. A total of 11,364,996 euros of public funding for tourist area improvements; Of this amount, the Cabildo brings 4,219,783 euros, and the Government of the Canary Islands, 4,839,031, the rest, 2,326,182 euros, comes from the municipalities seconded to the convention. With the objectives to promote improvements in the spaces of touristic areas of the island, both public and private, for the regeneration of destinations. Of financing obtained from the Government of the Canary Islands, 1.99 million has already been spent on approvements at the end of last year. This contributed was spent on the resurfacing of the road of San Eugenio and Torviscas Alto, in Adeje; the rehabilitation and improvement of the pathways in avenue Rafael Puig in Arona. Similarly, the agreement reached at the beginning of current period and also the regional government subsidies for the rehabilitation of tourist areas by a value of 2.8 million euros, aimed at the regeneration of the ‘avenida del V Centenario’, in Adeje; work on the promenade of Los Cristianos, in Arona and the urbanization of the plaza in Los Cristianos. It’s estimated that an investment of three million euros in improving the coast of El Médano will be made. The area of coastline of Granadilla from Abona that goes from El Cabezo to The Jaquita, in El Médano, will soon under go comprehensive project of overall improvements. At a recent meeting it was agreed that the work should begin as soon as possible, to change the image of this coastal area. The restoration project, which provides a scope of 107,249.45 square meters, has a period of execution of approximately 10 months and a budget of just over 3,000,000 euros.

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