The CIDAT in Tenerife remains closed: the PSOE demands the opening of the facility.

The PSOE party announced today that the Tenerife Water Sports Center (CIDAT) in Puerto de la Cruz remains closed to the public even a year after the completion of the works, despite the government of Rosa Dávila promising to open it in the summer of 2024. For now, the facility remains closed, although the opening date has been rescheduled by the Cabildo.

The General Secretary of PSOE Tenerife, Tamara Raya, demanded that the President of the Cabildo "come out and tell the truth" about the reasons for the delay. "CIDAT is another example of empty promises. The works were completed a year ago, but it remains closed. There are no excuses: there is simply a lack of management and political will," she stated.

Raya also recalled that as a former councilor in Puerto de la Cruz, she witnessed the gradual deterioration of the former municipal swimming pool until its closure in 2015. "I know very well the importance of this infrastructure for sports clubs, families, and sports in the north of the island. It was the PSOE who announced and carried out most of the works from the Cabildo. Today it is completed, but the government of Rosa Dávila has failed to open it."

The PSOE emphasizes that the works on CIDAT were completed and put into operation in the summer of 2024 after an investment of 14 million euros, made during the presidency of the socialist Pedro Martín, in collaboration with Mayor Marco González. Rosa Dávila publicly stated that the complex would be operational that same summer. A year later, the reality is different.

"CIDAT is not a promise or an infographic: it is an infrastructure built by the previous PSOE government that is just waiting to be managed. And they haven't even done that," complains Tamara Raya.

According to the socialists, the Cabildo has not even completed the necessary procedures for opening: there is no lifeguard service, sports equipment, garden maintenance, and no additional agreement defining the usage regime, prices for users, and access for clubs and public organizations.

CIDAT was built on a plot of 6,000 square meters and includes an Olympic swimming pool of 50 meters, another pool of 25 meters, a therapeutic pool, training rooms, changing rooms, a cafeteria, and stands for more than 600 people, all with energy efficiency and respect for the coastline in mind. "It was presented as the best swimming pool in the Canary Islands, and today it is a symbol of the paralysis of the current island government," said Raya.

Athletes from Puerto de la Cruz have not been able to train in their municipality for nine years. Today, they have a completed and equipped infrastructure, but it remains closed due to a lack of management. This is unacceptable, she concluded.

From the municipality, the socialist representative Marco González also complains about the inaction, indifference, and complete lack of information from the municipal government (PP-ACP-CC), which "has neither demanded a solution from the Cabildo, nor presented a proposal for a management model, nor defended the affected clubs and users."

In view of the institutional silence, the socialists from Puerto de la Cruz have submitted a motion to the local plenary session so that the municipality takes responsibility for defending the interests of the municipality and its athletes. "A year after the completion of the works, nobody knows anything. It is a Kafkaesque situation that requires an immediate response," concludes González.