Puerto del Rosario Facelift

The port and sea front in Puerto Del Rosario are in the process of being transformed as part of an ambitious plan to improve the area in the interest of attracting more tourists to the islands capital, as well as improving the environment in the area of the new Palacio de Formations y Congresos at Loz Pozos.

The main development to the port is the creation of a quay that will allow larger cruise ships to dock within the harbour. For this to be achieved the port had to be deepened and this has been done by dredging the sand from the part of the harbour where a quay designed to accommodate the cruisers is to be created.

This quay will be an extension of the existing quay used by the fishermen of the port and will be 300m long. It is being created by placing eight floating sections, the first of which has been positioned, with the hope that all eight will be in place by the end of the year.

It was interesting to see the surveyor at work. He was on the quayside with his theodolite and his rodman was in the water in a wetsuit. We wondered if underwater surveying was a specialist profession!

Improvements to Playa de Hornos.

The sand that has been dredged from an area of 100 000 square metres will be used in improving the Playa de Hornos, which is known locally as the Playa de Pozos. To prevent the 30,000 cubic metres of sand, that will double the size of the beach, from being washed away a protective spit has been built. The beach suffered from poor water conditions due to waste from a pumping station that was located in the area, and the creation of the spit has allowed this problem to be rectified by improving the pipe work and relocating the station.

A fuel storage depot that was located in the area has been decommissioned and demolished. The land that the depot was on is to be incorporated into the public space that is being amplified and improved. When the walls surrounding this area have been removed it will not only improve the view the seafront but will allow a clear view from the port towards the Palacio de Formations y Congresos, a new Government building that is approaching completion.

The photographs show the same view from the top of the lime kiln, before and after demolition. The Palacio de Congresso is the five story building in the background.

This building will house various government offices as well as being the new centre for the islands music and arts schools. There will be class rooms dedicated to different aspects of music and the arts, including classrooms for individual and group musical instrument practice, with an auditorium built to high standards of acoustic requirements.

The engineer responsible for the acoustics within the Palacio, Higini Aura recently visited the works to supervise the progress and while he was there he explained the acoustic engineering aspects of the work that was being done.

The final touch to all this development work will be to complete a promenade between the port and Playa Blanca. Some sections of this part of the project have been completed, while others are awaiting the clearance of the areas through which it will pass.

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Playa de Pozos, Puerto del Rosario

Cruise ship in port, with the new spit to the left and the new quay to the right.

The swimming pool in front of the Palacio de Congreso

The quay, Puerto del Rosario

Constructing the spit