A demand championed by island president Lola García, together with the majorero town councils and Chamber of Commerce in a united front
Lola García: “This is a demand from the whole island. We will keep monitoring the award and launch of the service until the connection becomes a reality once again”
The new contract for the shipping line between the mainland and the Canary Islands now includes a Fuerteventura stopover as mandatory. This is a demand that has been championed by the president of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Lola García, together with the majorero town councils and the Fuerteventura Chamber of Commerce, acting as a united front.
The tender was published this Friday, 2 October, in the Boletín Oficial del Estado (Spain’s Official State Gazette), including the Fuerteventura stopover as mandatory within the technical specifications, “exactly what we had been calling for: that our connection should no longer depend on a voluntary decision by the shipping company, but be guaranteed.”
Concerns over the loss of connectivity with the mainland were raised by the Cabildo’s president with the State through numerous written submissions, as well as through an agreement passed by the island Corporation’s Plenary and a united front joined by the rest of the island’s administrations.
“From the very start, we were clear that this had to be a demand from the whole island. That’s why I want to thank the six town councils, the Chamber of Commerce and all the sectors that joined forces to defend something that is only fair for Fuerteventura,” García continued. “We are now taking a very important step forward, and we will keep monitoring the award and launch of the service until the connection becomes a reality once again.”
