This is what the Port Authority has told the president of the Cabildo, Lola García, and the mayor of Puerto del Rosario, David de Vera, in a meeting of its Board of Directors.
Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
The project for the construction of the new
dock in the dock of Puerto del Rosario is progressing according to plan, as
has guaranteed the Port Authority today, July 24, in an ordinary session
of its Board of Directors.
This session was attended by the
president of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, Lola Garcia, the mayor of Puerto del Rosario
, David de Vera, and Juan Jesus
Rodriguez Marichal as representative of the General Council of the Chambers of Commerce of the Canary Islands
, who stressed the importance of starting a strategic work
that comes to improve the operation of the port, thus boosting
economic activity on the island.
In this regard, the president of the Port Authority
, Beatriz Calzada, has moved that the project is progressing as planned
and meets the deadlines to start work. With a budget of almost 40 million euros
, the works were awarded to the joint venture
Sociedad Anónima Trabajos y Obras-Obrascón Huarte Lain SA, and are co-financed
with ERDF funds.
Lola García has highlighted the importance of a
project “that fulfills a historical claim of Fuerteventura, since
will not only expand the operational capacity of the port, but
will consolidate the island of Fuerteventura as a key logistic node in the Archipelago
“.
For his part, David de Vera has highlighted the
relevance for the municipality of a strategic work that not only comes to
improve the safety and operability of the port, but will strengthen the
position of Puerto del Rosario as a hub of entry and exit of goods and
passengers to Fuerteventura, with the economic boost that entails”.
The works contemplate the execution of a
new external structure that will give continuity to the commercial dock from the
south area of the current platform, with a first section of 100 meters long
and a second section that will reach 375 meters. The project will improve the
protection of the capital’s dock against waves and will allow the docking
specialized for oil tankers, freeing the current dock for other
uses such as cruise traffic, improving its efficiency, safety and
operability.
Punta Pesebre
During the session of the Board of
Administration of the Port Authority, the insular president, Lola Garcia,
reiterated the need to initiate immediate actions to repair and improve
the facility known as Punta Pesebre lighthouse (Jandia Natural Park),
as requested in writing last July 14. In this regard, the
president of the Port Authority has expressed her willingness to study the
situation for the rehabilitation of an infrastructure that presents a
important state of deterioration, affecting the safety and conservation of the property,
as well as the image of Fuerteventura.
