The Governing Board reviewed the year 2025, in which works worth 5,4 million euros were carried out and delivered.
Marco Aurelio Pérez announces that the building that will house the Municipal Market “will be handed over to the city council at the end of April”
Antonio Morales points out that “between 2020 and 2026, 37 million euros have been invested, the result of collaboration between the two administrations.”
The Governing Board of the Maspalomas Gran Canaria Consortium, an entity jointly owned by the Gran Canaria Island Council and the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council, today presented a summary of its management during the current year, in which it has invested some 7.320.154,44 euros, of which 5,4 million correspond to the different works carried out or in execution, and some 1,8 million to works that are in the bidding process or contracted to begin in the first month of 2026.
The president of the Consortium and mayor of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Marco Aurelio Pérez, toured all the completed works and those planned for 2026. “Among the most important and costly projects is the building that will house the future Municipal Market, which is almost finished and will be handed over to the city council at the end of April.” The subsequent management and allocation of stalls will be the responsibility of the city council. “We are studying other models that already exist on the island, and this will help us decide whether to put the management of the entire market out to tender for a single company or to manage it stall by stall. What we can guarantee is that farmers and ranchers will be present with their products.” The goal is to inaugurate the market “in the last quarter of 2026.”
Pérez also highlighted, among others, “the work on the hillside around the Tobogán-Playa area, a highly demanded project to improve the landscape of the Paseo Costa Canaria area; and the renovation of some 27 beach access points, which have improved accessibility, ramps, showers and footbaths,” of which seven were on San Agustín Beach, three on Las Burras Beach, one on Cochino Beach, two on Veril Beach, nine on Playa del Inglés, two on Maspalomas Beach and three on Meloneras Beach.
Subsequently, the members of the Consortium moved to the Palm Grove Oasis, whose works are progressing "and which are expected to be completed by the second half of next year; these are slow works, carried out in a natural space, with just enough machinery to avoid altering the ecosystem and to conserve the environment."
For his part, Antonio Morales, president of the Gran Canaria Island Council and vice president of the entity, highlighted that “the Consortium is a key figure for the improvement and rehabilitation of basic infrastructure and facilities in this tourist area of Gran Canaria. It is a figure that has no equivalent in other Canary Islands and has played a very important role in generating public investment in collaboration between the two institutions that make it up, the Gran Canaria Island Council and the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council.”
In fact, Morales pointed out that “between 2020 and 2026, an investment of nearly 37 million euros has been made, public funds that make it possible for spaces degraded by the passage of time and modernization to regain their purpose.” At this point, the island president highlighted some “extremely important” projects, including “accessibility improvements to the beaches, road upgrades, and significant works such as the Meloneras promenade, the improvements to the area around the Maspalomas Lighthouse, the Municipal Market, and the Tobo-Playa hillside.”
Regarding the improvements to the Palm Grove Oasis, he emphasized that “it needed decisive action to restore it and make it available to visitors and the local population, with all the necessary safety measures in place. Together with Tony Gallardo Park, which was renovated by the Island Council, we will have a large green space, a faithful representation of the Gran Canaria palm grove with all the flora and fauna that this ecosystem generates.”
Other actions undertaken and highlighted by the members of the Governing Board include the renewal of the Tourist Map Network. “Fifteen panels have been installed to improve wayfinding for visitors and residents, including QR codes with direct access to the Consortium's website,” noted Marco Aurelio Pérez. These landmarks were designed according to accessibility and sustainability criteria, offering content in Spanish, English, and German. They have also been placed along the Meloneras Beach promenade, the Meloneras-Bulevar promenade, the Charca Maspalomas promenade, at the main entrance of Annex II, and at the Toboplaya viewpoint—that is, distributed along the coast.
Looking ahead, the Maspalomas Consortium will implement projects totaling approximately €1 million, encompassed within the Impulsa Maspalomas project; another €470.000 within the energy efficiency project, which includes the installation of certified LED lighting, with an investment aimed at supplying and improving light towers to reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions; the Meloneras bike lane, costing around €500.000, marking the beginning of mobility improvements in this area; and urban drainage in the Charca area, a pilot project that will filter the water collected in the ravine.
from Maspalomas and will send it to La Charca de Maspalomas, with an amount of about 450.000 euros.
In addition to these projects currently out for tender, there is the Maspalomas Lighthouse Area project, already awarded and scheduled to begin on January 19, 2026. This project has been awarded for €422.808, will last approximately four months, and will complete the entire Meloneras Promenade renovation following phases 1 (€500.000) and 2 (€512.000) carried out in previous years.
By 2026, it is estimated that more than 6 million euros will be spent on works and definition
of renovation projects in public spaces; some 907.375 euros will be invested to renovate the Santa Águeda promenade - with funding from the Gran Canaria Island Council, Tourism -; also the Costa Canaria Maritime promenade, which already has a project (1,7 million euros).
On the other hand, in the first months of the year, the project to demolish the footbridges located on Avenida de la Unión Europea, in the area of Las Burras beach and ravine (€700.000), will be approved; the start of phase 1 of the pedestrian accessibility project and the bike lane on both sides between the roundabout accessing Hornillo/Meloneras and the Pasito Blanco link (€1 million) is also planned; as well as the project to adapt the Maspalomas ravine.
Other projects that will be put out to tender include the renovation of Avenida Italia and the handover to the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council of the building that will house the future Municipal Market; the Oasis Palmeral Biosaludable Park will also be completed.
