New Image for Buenavista del Norte

The main street, Calle La Alhóndiga in Buenavista del Norte will be getting a new look by the middle of next year, thanks to a joint project between the Tenerife Island Corporation and Buenavista's Town Hall, to open up the commercial areas of the town. It is understood that the major part of the works will consist in the removal of the current pavement surface, which is to be replaced with stones (they either mean paving stones or cobbles) and numerous spaces for public use (which seems to suggest the odd park bench, here and there).

The Calle La Alhóndiga is the main artery through the center of the town, leading to the Plaza de Los Remedios (where work is already projected to refurbish the Casa Matula) and the church of the same name. Further works - all part of the plan to attract more tourism to the Isla Baja area - are being carried out in adjoining streets. Most of these works will be completed at about the same time as the completion of the remodeling of the park at the side of the church.

Mayor of Buenavista del Norte, Aurelio Abreu, explained that the project aims to make the town center more welcoming and comfortable for people who visit to shop, to make it more attractive from an architectural point of view, as well as being much more accessible for both cars and pedestrians. Once the work is complete, traffic will still be allowed into the main street, though access, they say, "will be in a much more regulated and organized manner."

Full story, with photo: La calle La Alhóndiga en Buenavista del Norte lucirá nueva imagen a mediados del próximo año