{"id":8875,"date":"2025-07-31T09:58:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informacionlocal.es\/fuerteventura-island-council-canary-islands-government-and-local-councils-make-progress-on-the-new-route-of-the-cuchillete-matas-blancas-road\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T09:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:58:27","slug":"fuerteventura-island-council-canary-islands-government-and-local-councils-make-progress-on-the-new-route-of-the-cuchillete-matas-blancas-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informacionlocal.es\/en\/fuerteventura-island-council-canary-islands-government-and-local-councils-make-progress-on-the-new-route-of-the-cuchillete-matas-blancas-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuerteventura Island Council, Canary Islands Government and local councils make progress on the new route of the Cuchillete-Matas Blancas road."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><strong>July 31, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The proposal incorporates the demands of the Cabildo,<br \/>\ntown councils and neighbors<br \/>\nafter a review process<br \/>\ntechnical and institutional dialogue.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>This meeting is the second to be held with neighbors and<br \/>\nneighbors to inform on the evolution of the project and facilitate their participation before the public information process<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><br \/>\nThe<br \/>\ninfrastructure, key in the North-South Axis, will improve connectivity and road safety in Fuerteventura with a more sustainable and consensual investment<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The president<br \/>\nof the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, Lola Garcia, and the Minister of Public Works,<br \/>\nHousing and Mobility of the Government of the Canary Islands, Pablo Rodriguez, has held<br \/>\nthis Tuesday a working meeting with the president of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, Lola Garcia, the mayor of Tuineje, Candelaria Umpi\u00e9rrez, and the mayor of P\u00e1jara, Alejandro Jorge,<br \/>\nalong with their respective teams, and neighbors to present the new<br \/>\nlayout of the Cuchillete-Matas Blancas road project, one of the key actions of the North-South Axis<br \/>\nof the island.<\/p>\n<p>This updated<br \/>\nproposal was born as a result<br \/>\nof a process of dialogue<br \/>\ntechnical and between administrations that has included the<br \/>\nprecautionary suspension of the previous geotechnical campaign, a review of<br \/>\nalternatives by the Directorate General of Road Infrastructure and<br \/>\nvarious institutional meetings. This is the second meeting<br \/>\nwith neighbors, after the one held in February,<br \/>\nin which their proposals and<br \/>\nconcerns were collected, and which adds to the multiple meetings held with the<br \/>\nCabildo of Fuerteventura and the municipalities of the area since the beginning of the legislature. <\/p>\n<p><strong>An infrastructure designed for Fuerteventura&#8217;s future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new route<br \/>\ncontemplates a total of 21 kilometers of high capacity road with two carriageways of two<br \/>\nlanes each and shoulders, a tunnel of approximately 500 meters between the<br \/>\nravines of Tarajal de Sancho and Guerepe, and five new links that<br \/>\nwill facilitate the connection with strategic nuclei of the island: Gran Tarajal,<br \/>\nMazacote, Giniginamar, Tarajalejo and La Lajita.<\/p>\n<p>The project is<br \/>\ndivided into four sections: Section<br \/>\n1 (from kilometer point 0+000<br \/>\nto 5+000) is based on the current route<br \/>\nof the FV-2, minimizing the occupation of land, with a<\/p>\n<p>\nspecific speed of 120 km\/h and improvements in the accesses to the industrial estate of<br \/>\nCuchillete. Section 2 (5+000 to 13+350) moves away from the current route to<br \/>\navoid affecting homes, with a speed of 100 km\/h,<br \/>\nand incorporates key links<br \/>\nto facilitate access to coastal towns<br \/>\nsuch as Tarajalejo and La Lajita, as well as to the interior of the island. The<br \/>\nSection 3 (13+350 to 16+100) contemplates the crossing of the Tarajal ravine of<br \/>\nSancho, discarding the alternative parallel to the FV-56 to protect agricultural and residential areas<br \/>\n. Finally, Section 4 (16+100 to 21+300) begins<br \/>\nwith the construction of a tunnel and connects with the FV-2 at<br \/>\nMatas Blancas, taking advantage of the orography of the Guerepe ravine<br \/>\nto better integrate into the environment, without affecting buildings.   <\/p>\n<p>The new<br \/>\nlayout of the Cuchillete-Matas Blancas road project will be submitted to<br \/>\nfor public information, a fundamental step that will allow the public and<br \/>\ninterested administrations to present allegations, make comments or<br \/>\nraise doubts about the document.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dialogue,<br \/>\nconsensus and sustainability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president of<br \/>\nCabildo, Lola Garcia, recalled that &#8220;in February we met with<br \/>\nthe neighbors of Tuineje and P\u00e1jara to listen to their concerns and<br \/>\ncontributions on the route of the North-South axis. Today we want to thank the<br \/>\nMinistry of Public Works, the counselor Pablo Rodriguez and his entire team<br \/>\ncommitment fulfilled: they have returned to Fuerteventura to present a proposal<br \/>\nupdated and consensual section Cuchilletes-Matas Blancas, as promised<br \/>\n. This route must be part of the next bilateral agreement between<br \/>\nthe State and the Canary Islands, because it is key to the structuring of Fuerteventura.<br \/>\nWe are confident that, after these meetings with the public, we can move towards<br \/>\na final solution that has the support of all&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p>During the meeting<br \/>\nPablo Rodriguez stressed that &#8220;for the Government of the Canary Islands, the<br \/>\nmaterialization of the North-South axis on the island of Fuerteventura is a strategic priority<br \/>\n. It is a key infrastructure that vertebrates the territory, improves the insular mobility<br \/>\nand responds to a historical demand of the citizens<br \/>\nmajorera&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The section<br \/>\nCuchilletes-Mata Blanca, which crosses the municipalities of P\u00e1jara and Tuineje, is<br \/>\none of the most relevant of the route. This is the second meeting that<br \/>\nhave with the neighbors to listen to them, and see how we can<br \/>\ncombine the need to connect<br \/>\npoints of the island that until now lacked<br \/>\naccessibility and the effect that this could cause to the neighbors.<br \/>\nWe do not understand any other way than this to work: to unite the interests of<br \/>\nall and draw a planning that benefits all canaries and<br \/>\ncanarias&#8221;, added Rodriguez. <\/p>\n<h1>COMMUNICATION<\/h1>\n<p>Both the mayor<br \/>\nof Tuineje, Candelaria Umpi\u00e9rrez, as the mayor of P\u00e1jara, Alejandro Jorge, have valued the presence<br \/>\nof the technical team of the Canary Islands Government, led by the counselor, in the<br \/>\nworking meeting held on the island,<br \/>\nalso highlighting the support of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura.<\/p>\n<p>Both have<br \/>\ninsisted that this meeting allows to follow up on the contributions and suggestions that the neighbors<br \/>\nmoved in the previous meeting, in which they expressed their concerns<br \/>\non the initially proposed route for the Cuchilletes-Mata Blanca<br \/>\nsection of the North-South axis.<\/p>\n<p>With this new<br \/>\nproposal, the Government of the Canary Islands advances in its commitment to implement modern, sustainable and fully adapted to the island realities road infrastructures<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 31, 2025 The proposal incorporates the demands of the Cabildo, town councils and neighbors after a review process technical and institutional dialogue. 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