San Juan de la Rambla strengthens its rural paths with four forest workers
The 'Rural Paths' project, funded by SEPE, aims to improve agricultural tracks and create local employment for three months.
By Jonay Mesa Rodríguez
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Generic image of a rural path in the Canary Islands.
The San Juan de la Rambla City Council has launched the 'Rural Paths' project, which will employ four forest workers for three months to clean and condition the municipality's paths and agricultural tracks.
The four workers, hired for a three-month period with a 30-hour weekly schedule, will carry out cleaning, conditioning, and maintenance tasks on rural roads and trails. These tasks include cutting and removing vegetation, eliminating weeds, and preparing the routes to facilitate both pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
This initiative is part of the Rural Employment Promotion Program – Depressed Rural Areas 2026, funded by the State Public Employment Service (SEPE). The project combines the creation of job opportunities with public utility work aimed at improving and conserving the rural areas of the town.
The project has a total budget of 23,679 euros, of which 17,115.30 euros come from a granted subsidy, with the remaining amount being a municipal contribution.
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"'Rural Paths' allows us to address two important needs for the municipality: on one hand, to continue improving and maintaining our agricultural roads and tracks, and on the other, to offer employment opportunities to unemployed individuals, helping them gain experience in a field as linked to our territory as forestry and rural work."
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"The maintenance of our rural roads is a permanent responsibility that we must attend to, as they are fundamental routes for our farmers and for connecting different areas of the municipality. This project allows us to reinforce these efforts and progressively improve the condition of each one."