Over the Summer they have been installing solar powered street lighting on the dual carriageway between Puerto del Rosario and the airport. I'm told that they are working now. There's a bank of solar panels at Playa Blanca and at the turn off to Corralejo.

from Radio Sintonia:

The Maritime Detachment of Fuerteventura has located and recovered a catamaran of 13 meters in length that sailed adrift towards Fuerteventura, without crew after its skipper accidentally fell into the water and being able to swim to the coast of Lanzarote.
[color=#222222][size=small][font=Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system,]The Civil Guard was informed at 12:50 thr

Radio Sintonia:

Repairs to the section between Guisguey and La Caldereta could be completed by the end of the year.

[color=#111111][font=Roboto, sans-serif][size=small][color=#222222][font=Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system,]The president of the Island Council of Fuerteventura and head of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Sergio Lloret, visited today, Wednesday, October 5, the section of the

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Ecological concrete to cover the electric cable between Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.

"Marine life thrives along the route and the cable protection has merged with the natural marine habitat.


The submarine cable that connects the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura "has a positive effect on the environment, according to the results of the study on the ecological impact of the link", says Red Eléctrica.



The cable is protected by a bespoke eco-friendly concrete sol

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The connection between islands: a solution to improve the electricity grid of the Archipelago.

The submarine cable that connects Fuerteventura with Lanzarote is covered with an "ecological" concrete so that life can be reproduced on the seabed




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The electricity systems in the Canary Islands have already exceeded their useful life, an obsolescence that has become evident after the blackout of Endesa in La Gomera. Many of the generators were alr

Radio Sintonia:

Es-Alert will issue a test alert in Fuerteventura this Friday.

The Government of the Canary Islands resumes, from February, the testing of the alert system for the population in the event of an emergency called ES-Alert with an extensive Calendar, to be developed throughout 2024, which covers seven islands. The first exercise of this year will be held in Fuerteventura next Friday, February 9, although it could also be held in the municipality of Yaiza, in Lanzarote.

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Armas closes the route between the Canary Islands and Huelva.


Armas announced on Monday that, as of 19 April, it will close the line between Huelva and the Canary Islands and will unify all its operations with the Peninsula from the port of Cadiz. The shipping company has reported that the ships that operated in the capital of Huelva will start operating from the capital of Cadiz.



This decision, according to the company, "responds to the improvement plan that it is impl

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Jet2 will have a new direct flight between Fuerteventura and the south of England

Four Canary Islands will be connected to Bournemouth thanks to Jet2.com




The airline Jet2.com announced on Tuesday that in April 2025 it will open its twelfth base in the United Kingdom, specifically, in Bournemouth.



Four of the 16 destinations that will have direct flights from the southern English city are in the Canary Islands: Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote. In t

The incident took place on the FV-2 road, near the municipality of Antigua, from where two women and two men were taken to hospital...
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Four people have been moderately injured after the collision between two vehicles in Fuerteventura.

The incident took place, on the FV-2 road, at the height of the municipality of Antigua.

Two women and two men who, at the initial time of care, had moderate neck pain, were transferred in a basic life support ambulance from the SUC to the Virgen de la Pe

Driver killed in head-on collision between a car and a truck in Fuerteventura

A female driver was killed yesterday (Monday) following a head-on collision between a car and a grua lorry on the FC-2 highway, between Tarajalejo and La Lajita in the municipality of Pájara, in Fuerteventura.

According to a report from the Canary Islands Emergency Services Coordination Centre (CECOES), SUC medical personnel and staff from the Gran Tarajal Health Centre arrived at the scene quickly. Still, ther