The final decision by the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council not only brings to a close a lengthy administrative dispute in Gran Canaria's tourism sector, but also identifies the professionals who will operate these six coveted adapted transport licenses. Following a thorough technical review and the correction of errors found in the calculation of seniority, the council has ratified the list of drivers who meet the stringent contribution and experience requirements in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
The municipal resolution from the Department of Transport and Urban Mobility confirms the following professionals as the final concession holders: Carmelo Daniel Vega Alvarado, José Juan Santana Caballero, José Cirilo Pérez Guedes, Francisco Santana Santiago, and Antonio García Benítez. Orlando Mayor González is also included on this list, thus completing the quota of the six licenses offered in the competition. All of them successfully passed the administration's rigorous vetting process after a complex review of cross-appeals, during which their employment records and periods of activity as self-employed or salaried workers in the sector were meticulously evaluated.
The inclusion of these names in the final resolution has not been without intense legal debate regarding the southern asphalt sector. Applicants such as Antonio García Benítez, whose initial appeal to the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands overturned the terms of the previous competition, and Carmelo Daniel Vega Alvarado, who had repeatedly demanded the expedited processing of the case due to administrative paralysis, have finally seen their positions in the Maspalomas and Meloneras tourism sector consolidated. Meanwhile, professionals like José Juan Santana Caballero kept their claims alive until the last minute to gain seniority days in their favor, even though the administration rejected specific periods based on jurisprudential criteria.
The confirmation of this group of taxi drivers stabilizes the fleet of vehicles adapted for people with reduced mobility in the tourist municipality, a critical service for international tour operators working in the area's large hotel complexes. With the publication of this final list of concession holders, San Bartolomé de Tirajana is attempting to turn the page on eight years of corporate instability, granting the operation of light vehicles with up to eight seats to professionals who now operate under a firm and secure administrative license, protected from competitive pressures within the passenger transport sector.
