A municipal representative met with the director general of Coasts and Maritime Space Management of the Government of the Canary Islands to deliver the document. The council's central proposal seeks to prevent a rigid application of state regulations from stifling Tazacorte's development, emphasizing that the coastline is vital for the community.
“"We cannot allow laws drafted in Madrid, alien to our reality, to treat a core settlement that predates regulations and is part of our identity as something foreign. With these contributions, we seek for the Canary Islands Law to be a shield for our neighbors in La Bombilla, giving them the legal certainty they have been waiting for decades."
The local government's absolute priority is the recognition of La Bombilla. It has been requested that the new Canary Islands law establish specific criteria to protect historic settlements, allowing for the revision of boundaries or, failing that, a regime of uses that guarantees the permanence of its inhabitants and their maritime identity.
Another key point discussed was the situation of the Avenida Marítima, specifically the degraded area of the old swimming pools. The City Council proposes that the law facilitate the “demanial mutation” of already transformed urban spaces that lack environmental value, so they can house social and tourist infrastructures that boost the local economy.
“"The will of the Government of the Canary Islands with this new law is precisely to involve the true users of public domain, the municipalities. We hear firsthand the municipal reality where the coast is the economic and social engine."
The document presented by the municipality strongly supports the creation of autonomous regulations as a response to “state inaction,” considering it the only way for local knowledge to outweigh abstract technical decisions. Tazacorte, as a coastal municipality, seeks for the future law to allow the compatibility of coastal protection with the economic development of a territory whose activity is intrinsically linked to the sea.
