Cabildo and Town Hall protect El Matorral from possible flooding
The insular president, Lola García, explains that “the Cabildo has responded to the need expressed by the Town Hall in El Matorral. Throughout this week, the insular Corporation is working in the area. Primarily, this is a preventive measure aimed at improving safety in the homes, businesses, and public infrastructure of this urban hub. Furthermore, it will continue in other towns in Puerto del Rosario at the request of the Council.” “These efforts are in addition to the actions carried out under the programme ‘Fuerteventura, beautiful by Nature’ across various locations on the Island.”
Continues the preventive actions of the Cabildo ↗ in the watercourses and drainage channels to prevent overflow in the event of heavy rains. In this instance, the Cabildo of Fuerteventura is collaborating with the Puerto del Rosario Town Hall to clean and ensure the full operability of the public channels that protect the locality of El Matorral. Cabildo and Town Hall are protecting El Matorral from potential flooding.
Blas Acosta, Councillor for Infrastructure of the Cabildo, recalls that “we have been working intensively for months. This includes the removal of rubbish and vegetation from ravines, channels, and mouths throughout the island. The programme ‘Fuerteventura, beautiful by nature’ has yielded very positive results in absorbing the episodes of heavy rainfall.”
This action is made possible thanks to the collaboration between institutions. The Department of Infrastructure and the Municipal Services, Towns and Neighbourhoods Department of the Town Hall of Puerto del Rosario.
Por otro lado, David de León, Councillor for Municipal Services, Villages, and Neighbourhoods of the Puerto del Rosario City Council, highlights that “our detailed knowledge of the terrain, combined with the machinery from the Cabildo, allows us to tackle a potential problem that threatens several population centres.”
The mayor of Puerto del Rosario, David de Vera, highlights the “internal technical and political work” between the Town Hall and the Cabildo. This has allowed for the intervention in El Matorral to take place. “We believe in this line of work, which multiplies the potential of public actions.”
Cabildo and Town Hall protect El Matorral from potential flooding
Thus, the work in El Matorral, which is being carried out by personnel and resources from the Works and Machinery service of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, restores the channel to full capacity. It is responsible for collecting all the surface water in the area to redirect it towards the ravine and divert it from urbanised areas. This is the first of a series of preventive interventions that the City Council of Puerto del Rosario has requested from the Cabildo with the aim of improving safety in several villages of the municipality.
