It will facilitate access for tourists and visitors to the Risco Verde and Muelle Viejo bathing areas.
The Department of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of the Government of the Canary Islands and the Agüimes City Council will jointly finance the remodeling and landscape integration project of Las Olas Park and Álvaro de Mendaño Street, in the northern area of Playa de Arinaga, an action that It will allow the creation of a new pedestrian preference corridor towards the Risco Verde and Muelle Viejo bathing areas. The total budget of the project amounts to 1.266.461 euros, which will be financed 47,3% by Turismo de Canarias and 52,7% by the City Council, promoter of the work.
The general director of Tourism Infrastructure of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Miñarro, visited Playa de Arinaga this Tuesday, accompanied by the mayor of Agüimes, Óscar Hernández, in order to learn in situ the details of the project. It is expected that the works can begin in the last quarter of this year 2022 and will last 8 months.
The new pedestrian corridor will allow easier access to an area of Playa de Arinaga highly valued by the local population, currently expanding and which has important attractions. The action will also allow diversifying the influx of tourists and visitors, currently concentrated in the southern sector of the beach, where the bathing areas of Los Barquillos, Avenida de Los Pescadores, La Planita, El Muelle and Soco Negro are located.
The future pedestrian itinerary will start right at Las Olas Park, where beach users will be able to leave their vehicles parked. From there to the Risco Verde promenade, a comfortable and friendly route will be enabled along Álvaro de Mendaño Street, raising the current road to configure a pedestrian platform, in which pedestrians will have preference over road traffic, whose speed will be significantly reduced. The sidewalks will also have tactile pavement in the crossing areas and full accessibility for people with reduced mobility.