Limiting Traffic to Preserve La Laguna's Heart

La Laguna, the ancient capital and still major University town of Tenerife, has at its historical heart a wealth of architecture and a Renaissance street pattern that is said to have been the blueprint for many South American cities. This historical center is to be preserved by a new plan to pedestrianize eleven streets and lighten the load on the rest, at the same time creating new walkways.

Some 3,000 new cars are registered in the 15 km square municipality each year. At many points, the intensity of traffic is over 1,500 vehicles per hour, not counting rush hours, and the narrow streets in this historical center are at their limit to absorb the influx. Peripheral roads will have their capacity increased, some of which will be converted to two-way traffic.

(Source La Opinion)

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