The Urban Planning Department in Santa Cruz have issued a favourable feasibility report for the installation of two zip wires, one from the Las Teresitas viewing point above the beach, and the other from the Parque de Las Mesas down to a purpose-built endpoint next to the TF-121 road in Igueste de San Andrés.
The project will give people the best views of Las Teresitas and San Andres whilst travelling at speeds of between 80 and 100 kilometres an hour in a purpose-built harness for almost a kilometre.
An unnamed leisure company has applied for the licences and permissions to install two 950 metre long parallel zip wires from Las Mesas with a drop of 226 metres giving it a slope of 23%; and another two 905 metres long from the mirador in Teresitas, with a drop of 81 metres giving a slope of 14%.
The report confirms that their effect on the surrounding environment and landscape is minimal as there is a starting and finishing platform, but no pillars in between, and no engines are used as people are purely projected by gravity. It also states that the construction methods used are as easy to install as they are to remove, leaving no trace afterwards.
Both platforms are built at ground level with only footings below ground needed, which act as ballast for the cable. The Urban Planning technicians conclude that the planned actions must be conceived as provisional uses and works, something that must justify the project, for which they consider them viable.
