- “We want to know what is happening with the £10 million announced for the co-financing of the project for the 136 homes and the almost £20 million to bury 7.2 km of the 132 kV line between Maciot and Las Casitas”
- “We are concerned about the amount of treasury surplus that the Cabildo can incorporate and the political decision regarding its allocation”
“We want to know what is happening with the £10 million announced for the co-financing of the project for the 136 homes and the almost £20 million to bury 7.2 km of the 132 kV line between Maciot and Las Casitas”
“We are concerned about the amount of treasury surplus that the Cabildo can incorporate and the political decision regarding its allocation”
The mayor of Yaiza, Óscar Noda, submitted a written statement to the Cabildo of Lanzarote last week, directly questioning president Oswaldo Betancort about the budgetary forecasts related to two projects that the Town Hall considers priorities. One is due to the housing crisis faced by the municipality and the entire island, and the other is due to the impact on a particularly sensitive and scenic area: “We want to know what is happening with the £10 million announced by the Cabildo for the co-financing of the project for the 136 homes and the almost £20 million to bury 7.2 km of the 132 kV line between Maciot and Las Casitas”.
Regarding housing, Óscar Noda reminds the president about “the promised funding to co-finance the construction project of 136 homes on the 42,000 m² parcel ceded by the Town Hall of Yaiza in Montaña Roja, a project worth over £35 million driven by the municipality that the Regional Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Mobility of the Government of the Canary Islands will tender”.
The mayor held a meeting at the beginning of August with the director of the Canary Islands Housing Institute, Antonio Jesús Ortega, “and in that meeting held in Yaiza, it became very clear that aside from the money the Government may obtain from European funds, the Canary Executive does indeed have the £10 million from the Cabildo to tender the construction of the 136 homes intended for affordable rent”.
Óscar Noda expressly requests of the head of the Cabildo that “not only confirm this investment commitment with Yaiza, but also provide the estimated date for the availability of the funds. We are concerned about the amount of treasury surplus that the Cabildo can incorporate and the political decision regarding its allocation”.
Fewer Pylons
Another project pending Cabildo co-financing is the burial of electrical lines in areas of high scenic value in the municipality, such as Las Casitas, Femés and Maciot: “It is a strategic project for Lanzarote as it seeks to free the south of the island from the terrible visual impact of pylons in sensitive areas without jeopardising the infrastructure that determines the conduction and permanent supply of energy”.
The Town Hall, the mayor insists, “has worked hand in hand with Redeia, the parent company of Red Eléctrica in the Canary Islands, on the study of technical and administrative formulas for the burial of the line between the villages of Maciot and Las Casitas, relying on the £18 million promised by the Cabildo. The passage of time means increasing execution costs for the project, and as in the case of the homes, we also need to know what the Cabildo is going to do, if it is in a position to invest, and when it intends to put this into action, especially understanding that this is a significant initiative that requires support from the Government of the Canary Islands for preparing the 2026 regional budget,” concludes Óscar Noda.
