The Telde City Council, through its Local Police, has launched a new campaign to locate and remove abandoned vehicles from the municipality's streets. The initiative, developed by the company SGMas and the Drone Unit, incorporates a pioneering computer system in the Canary Islands that will enhance the identification and tracking of these vehicles, thereby facilitating their removal from public roads.
The main objective of the campaign is to recover parking spaces, improve road safety, and prevent the cleaning and pollution problems that abandoned vehicles can generate. To this end, the City Council is disseminating a video on its social media channels showing how the Local Police work and informing citizens about the options available for removing cars they no longer use.
The primary novelty is the computer application developed by SGMAS, which records each detected vehicle with its exact geolocation, photographs, license plate, make, model, color, identification date, and condition. This system allows for checking how long a vehicle has been parked in a specific location, comparing photographs taken on different dates, and detecting if it has been moved elsewhere in the municipality.
The Mayor of Telde, Juan Antonio Peña, highlighted the importance of incorporating new technologies to speed up the police's work and put an end to abandoned cars that occupy parking spaces and deteriorate on the streets. He noted that the campaign responds to a neighborhood demand to reclaim spaces, improve cleanliness, and prevent risks.
The procedure includes notifications to owners, granting a one-month period before ordering the vehicle's transfer to an Authorized Treatment Center (CAT). Abandoning vehicles can result in financial penalties starting from 3,000 euros.
The head of the Local Police, Félix Ramos, explained that the new system facilitates vehicle tracking, saving time and improving the documentation of police work. He emphasized the importance of citizen collaboration so that owners voluntarily remove their vehicles.
The City Council offers owners the option to remove vehicles themselves or authorize the municipality to facilitate their transfer to Authorized Treatment Centers (CAT), in accordance with Royal Decree 265/2021. Delivery to an authorized center may be free of charge.
The campaign is being promoted with the slogan “It’s easy, it’s necessary, it’s your responsibility. We all win!”, inviting residents to collaborate in eliminating abandoned vehicles to reclaim public spaces and improve neighborhood conditions.
