Santa Cruz de La Palma (EFE) prepare the project for the restitution of this road “when the ground conditions allow it”.
In a statement, Obras Públicas explains that these same analyzes and studies of the temperatures of the laundries were made for the Carretera de la Costa, whose works are currently being carried out in the municipality of Tazacorte.
Remember that at the time these works were planned, the layout that rests on the Coastal Highway was chosen due to the presence of a lower casting power and, therefore, a lower temperature of this.
Then, for technical reasons, the routes closest to the cone of the volcano were not recommended, as is the case of the corridor where the LP-2 ran, indicated Obras Públicas in the statement.
However, the counselor Sebastián Franquis considers that “the time has come to start the investigation work” to determine the viability of the replacement of the LP-2 by its old corridor.
And for this, it requests the Ministry to take advantage of “the experience and technical knowledge” acquired in the execution of the current works of the Coastal Highway, “the only one in the world built on recent lava.”
Franquis underlines that the LP-2 is included in the network of regional interest and constitutes “the basic road axis” of the southeast and southwest of La Palma, as well as “the commitment” of the Government of the Canary Islands in its restitution, situating this action in ” the center of public policies to restore normal mobility on the island”.