Bridge Collapse Also Affects the North

The mayor of Buenavista del Norte, Aurelio Abreu, has voiced his concern over the apparent lack of investment in roads in Tenerife after a bridge collapsed in Los Menores, between Adeje and Guia de Isora, which is making life extremely difficult for workers who live in this area to get to their places of work in the tourist areas on the south of the island.

Abreu said that there are many people who travel every day from the north to the south to work and that the alternative routes are not sufficiently able to handle the weight of traffic.

He says that the hundreds of workers resident in Buenavista del Norte have been suffering greatly since last weekend, from the innumerable traffic jams, which mean that some have arrived late to work, or they have to get up even earlier. (Note: it is a 1 1/2 to 2 hour drive under normal conditions.)

The risks of accident increases through lack of sleep or in the rush to get to work on time, he underlines, stating that, as spokesman of the feelings of many people in the Isla Baja area, the bureaucratic process needs to be speeded up to close the island ring road and mitigate these problems.

Abreu: "El problema de Adeje prueba la falta de inversiones en carreteras"

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