Friday, February 10, 2006

Twenty-Five Thousand Without Water

We've all read those DIY disaster stories where someone drills through a cable or a pipe while trying to put up some shelves.

Well, matters got a little more serious yesterday in Santa Cruz, when a water main was broken, leaving 25,000 residents of the city without water overnight, during works on the tram line.

The exact cause is not yet known, although it happened after a wall had collapsed, thought to have been as a result of the heavy rains.

Tras la rotura de una tubería, 25.000 personas sin agua en Santa Cruz

The Tranvía de Tenerife (Tenerife Tram) is due to go into operation in March 2007 and will provide an alternative means of transport to unite Santa Cruz with La Laguna. Work on the tram line began in 2004. Journal of the works during 2005.

It wont be the first tram to cover the route. In 1901, a tram was inaugurated that ran between the Plaza de España in Santa Cruz and the Plaza de la Concepción in La Laguna. The line was extended as far as Tacoronte in 1904. In 1927, the company were in financial difficulties, but it functioned until 1951.

The Tranvia or Metro, official sites: http://www.tranviatenerife.com
http://www.metrotenerife.com