New public transport service in Santa Lucía de Tirajana

 

The president of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, and the vice president and counselor of Public Works, Infrastructure, Transport and Mobility, Miguel Ángel Pérez del Pino, attended today the presentation ceremony of the launch of the public transport service in Santa Lucía de Tirajana provided by the new operator, Guaguas Gumidafe, in which they have been accompanied by the mayor of the municipality, Francisco García.

 

“Mobility is a fundamental element for the social and economic development of the Island, and in this case, the public transportation service that we present today will be for the city of Santa Lucía de Tirajana. The Cabildo has made a very important effort in recent years to facilitate citizen access to public transport and today we take another step,” said the president of the Cabildo. 

 

The Single Transport Authority of Gran Canaria (AUTGC), the Cabildo and the City Council of Santa Lucía de Tirajana, which is one of the two municipalities on the Island that belong to the AUTGC, Antonio Morales continued, “we have collaborated closely and "We have made an effort to launch this service adapted to new times, modern, agile and accessible to all citizens."

 

For his part, the vice president of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Miguel Ángel Pérez del Pino, has also valued "the great effort made by the municipal council so that citizens can have access to the new public transport service in Santa Lucía de Tirajana" and has reported that the service will be provided by Guaguas Gumidafe for the next 8 years and that it will experience many improvements, “there will be 4 new more sustainable, modern and completely accessible vehicles. Single card technology will be integrated for the first time in Gran Canaria so that transport vouchers can be used in this municipality and the number of kilometers of the service route will be expanded, from the current 115.000 km to 150.000 km. , 35.000 additional to what there was before. This urban transport service unites sustainability, modernization and digitalization, maxims that the AUTGC is defending in terms of sustainable mobility in Gran Canaria,” the vice president pointed out.

 

The mayor of Santa Lucía de Tirajana has explained how the budget of 1.471.336,34 euros that the city council will allocate for the urban transport service in the municipality will be broken down, “566,451,31 euros will be allocated for subsidy to the user, 560,885,03 euros for the contribution to maintaining the financial balance of the service that is in deficit and 344.000 euros for the purchase of 4 new buses", specified Francisco García who added that "lines will be reinforced on weekends and holidays , the number of frequencies will increase every day and there will also be more stops, all this will translate into a better quality of life for citizens and thanks to the cancellers, we will be able to know which lines are the most necessary and thus be able to provide the service of the most optimal way possible.”