A historic day for southern Gran Canaria: the cement plant built during the Franco regime in El Pajar has finally been dismantled . This marks the end of the metropolitan government's control over the southern part of Gran Canaria, a control that followed the PSOE's ambiguous stance during their years in power between 2019 and 2023, marked by the symbolic gifts of mirrors bestowed upon them by those in power during their visits to the extraction plant. The news has been met with unanimous support in the south of the island, although some residents remain concerned about being forced out of the area, a consequence of the fear campaigns launched in recent decades. The Canary Islands Port Authority will meet with residents to explain, without resorting to populist rhetoric, that their properties are not at risk.
The Minister of Public Works, Pablo Rodríguez, indicated this Tuesday that the objective is "to close the file on the Santa Águeda cement plant before this summer. Puertos Canarios rejects the extension of the Santa Águeda cement plant," reported TV Canaria. It was an old demand given that the mediators that the Goda company has operating in the south of the island plus the henchmen in Madrid have been a total failure in finding support and knowing how to seduce the authorities of Puertos Canarios, owner of the cement factory.
The Minister of Public Works of the Government of the Canary Islands, Pablo Rodríguez, announced this Tuesday that Puertos Canarios has issued an unfavorable report on the request for an extension of the Ceisa cement company in the port of Santa Águeda (San Bartolomé de Tirajana). Rodríguez has indicated that the objective is to close the file, which has been open for more than two years, before this summer. The counselor explained that the decision is based on the fact that "the mining concession has no connection with the port concession" and that the Island Planning Plan (PIO) of Gran Canaria "proposes that once the concession ends it will become tourist land." .
In the south of Gran Canaria, some employees who live in that environment have announced mobilizations but their relocation has already been planned, as have suppliers. But this about the El Pajar cement factory owned by Corporación Masaveu and Cimentos Votoratim was already a heavy burden to defend in San Bartolomé de Tirajana because the management of the industrial group bypassed the high municipal positions believing that they were salespeople for parties based in other spheres. To the residents of the south of Gran Canaria and supplier companies, the butlers lacked power and everything was negotiated in Las Palmas.
