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Thursday, November 16, 2006
Major Reforms for Puerto de la Cruz Port
The marina and fishing port in Puerto de la Cruz is to be increased in size by 50,000 square meters. The not so good news is that it is calculated that 68,000 lorries (c. 100 per day) will be coming and going through the tourist resort during the two years that the works will take to complete. The works will also be delayed slightly as the plan needs to be changed to prevent effects on the nearby Playa Jardín beach.
Nevertheless, the new project contains notable improvements on the original design, says Puerto's mayor, Marcos Brito. The increase in size translates to double the number of berths to 600. The exterior dock is to be lengthened by 200 meters, but the biggest difference is that the mouth of the new port will open to the west (Punta Brava), instead of towards the east (Martiánez), as it does currently.
What does not seem to have been included - at least for the moment - is the government's wish to include a wharf to take passenger ships.
El puerto deportivo se amplía 50.000 metros con el proyecto reformado
