Coalición Canaria criticizes the PSOE's management of the project, labeling it a waste of public funds and a lack of planning.
By Idaira Santana Dorta
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Coalición Canaria has announced its intention to halt the MetroGuagua project in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria if it takes over the municipal government in the 2027 elections, citing inefficient management and a waste of public resources.
The nationalist party has expressed its strong rejection of the project's current development, pointing to a lack of direction, deadlines, and credibility. According to Coalición Canaria, the initiative has caused division among neighborhoods, negatively impacted local businesses, and deteriorated the quality of life for thousands of residents in the capital of Gran Canaria.
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"Las Palmas de Gran Canaria cannot remain trapped in an endless construction project. Businesses are collapsing, residents are resigned, users have no real solutions. The public's disillusionment with this project is an undeniable fact."
The party insists that its stance is a definitive rejection of continuing to invest taxpayer money in a project they consider poorly planned from its inception. They have criticized the PSOE's management over the past two legislative periods, attributing to it the inability to provide certainty or meet established deadlines, despite having ample resources and public trust.
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"It has already been demonstrated that more funding and more time are not the solution for a project that was poorly planned from the start."
Coalición Canaria has noted that the project has received public funds that were not executed and had to be returned. Instead, they propose a well-planned and executed sustainable mobility model that recovers affected areas and is built through dialogue with experts, transport and urban planning professionals, as well as social groups and economic sectors.
The Secretary of Sustainable Mobility for Coalición Canaria Gran Canaria, Julio Rodríguez, emphasized the need to develop projects with rigorous planning, defined deadlines, and tangible results, reaffirming the party's commitment to efficient and high-capacity public transport.