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El Chorrillo industrial project gets initial go-ahead

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Major industrial project for southwest Santa Cruz

The El Chorrillo Industrial development will complete the industrial zone of southwest Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Promoted by the Cabildo and situated next to the San Isidro industrial estate and the Cuevas Blancas Science and Technology Park (PCTT), the project will tackle the urbanisation of 29 hectares of land – equivalent to 40 football pitches – over 26 months, with a public-private investment of nearly €13 million.

The Cabildo’s Governing Council gave its initial approval to the project this Wednesday. Designated as being of island interest, it has been in planning since 1992 and was declared of Strategic Interest by the Government of the Canary Islands in 2016. Final approval will now rest with the next plenary session.

Rehabilitation for a deteriorating area

The surrounding San Isidro-El Chorrillo industrial estate, known as La Campana and located on land in El Rosario, has long suffered from deteriorating and outdated infrastructure. This has prompted a comprehensive rehabilitation plan backed by nearly €15 million in public money to renovate its streets, sewerage networks, water supply and drainage systems.

The new project focuses on organising and urbanising the area with a fresh layout of roads, plots and open spaces, classifying the land as Planned Developable Land (SUOR) for industrial use. It also aims to improve connections with the Tenerife Science and Technology Park and overcome the challenging topography of the zone, where gradients exceed 50 metres, by creating a long thoroughfare designed as a boulevard.

Infrastructure and energy upgrades

The new industrial development will incorporate the infrastructure needed to serve the future estate and strengthen the wider area’s operations. These range from a wastewater treatment plant with regional scope for Santa Cruz, La Laguna and El Rosario – around 26,000 square metres in size – to the expansion of waste management facilities and the completion of the southwest medium-voltage electricity ring, a key step in improving the security and capacity of the energy network.

The project also includes a substation connected to the Candelaria-Geneto power line to guarantee full supply to the new sector, alongside measures addressing efficiency, climate change adaptation, accessibility and landscape integration to reduce the environmental impact of the transformation.

Protecting archaeological heritage

All this change in El Chorrillo will have to coexist with the area’s archaeological sites, including the Lomo Gordo I Archaeological Zone, declared a Site of Cultural Interest, and the Lomo Gordo II rock art station, where examples of rock art survive on rocky outcrops. Specific protection measures have been established for both sites.

Isabel de Esteban, the Cabildo’s island director for Territorial Planning, Landscape and Historical Heritage, stressed: “We are not simply talking about urbanising an industrial sector, but about comprehensively organising a space that holds a strategic position and will support essential infrastructure while improving connections with other economic hubs in the metropolitan area.”

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