Residents of Cayetana Manrique street, in the Guanarteme neighborhood of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, have launched a signature campaign to ask the City Council to reduce the "heavy traffic concentration" they have endured for two decades. They state that the daily passage of approximately 200 buses generates noise, vibrations, and air pollution, impacting their quality of life and rest.

Property owner communities have united to submit a formal request on February 23rd to the delegate councilor for Traffic, Mobility, and Employment, José Eduardo Ramírez. In their document, they request the diversion of bus routes from the company Global and other interurban transport services that use the street, arguing that local public transport is adequately covered by existing Guaguas Municipales lines.

The submission details that an average of 150 buses daily, combined with regular traffic, causes "serious disturbances due to noise, vibrations, and air pollution." The residents base their claim on the Noise Law and the Climate Change and Energy Transition Law, which obligate authorities to act to reduce noise pollution and implement low-emission zones and sustainable mobility plans.

The affected parties highlight that the situation is exacerbated by the deterioration of the road surface and underground pipelines, which have led to sewage spills causing flooding. The residents' spokesperson, Abel Monferrer, explains that the passage of vehicles weighing around 20 tons and private vehicle traffic, estimated at 7,000 per day, generates "tons of gas emissions" and necessitates daily window cleaning.

The initiators of the campaign, who have been collecting signatures on Cayetana Manrique street and its intersection with Secretario Padilla, report no response from the council. They aim to leverage the current temporary halt in vehicle traffic due to nearby construction work to reverse the situation and regain the tranquility lost over the past two decades.