Work begins on pedestrian of Old Morro Jable in coordination with local businesses

Candelaria Umpiérrez and Faustino Cabrera, a counselor at the Town Hall and City Councillor of Commerce, visited the local businesses to report on the action and coordinate the work with them

Candelaria Umpiérrez and Faustino Cabrera, Minister of Commerce in the City Council and Councillor for this area in the City of Pájara, recently visited the old town of Morro Jable where, earlier this month, the pedestrianisation work and rehabilitation of local businesses had begun, a project with funding of 893,000 euros from the Cabildo of Fuerteventura and the Canary Islands Government 50%, and which also involved the southern city hall with the materials for the underground pipes.

Umpiérrez Candelaria voiced his satisfaction at the beginning of "works that will allow for significantly revitalization of the commercial and residential area in the center of Morro Jable." Ahead, he said, "is about a year of work that we know will cause inconvenience to traders and residents but also thanks to them the town of Morro Jable is going to charge a new life, becoming a new attractive not only for residents in the locality, but also for all tourists. "

"For all this we are visiting in person to residents and businesses in the area, as we understand the need to explain that once the project's benefits will outweigh the disadvantages, as similar actions have demonstrated that we have devloped in other areas such as the promenade of Great Tarajal, or Puerto del Rosario on Avenida Primero de Mayo and ten other streets cross between the Virgin of La Peña y León y Castillo. "

Accessibility

During the visit to the rehabilitation work of the shopping area of Morro Jable, Candelaria Umpiérrez Faustino Cabrera talked at one point a group of disabled people who were touring the area. They highlighted the good accessibility conditions even during the devlopement, since "despite being raised pavements, the company has installed a number of rigid bridges with railings that are allowing to minimize discomfort when you tranverse the street. "

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