The renovation of Plaza de la Constitución moves six trees to Parque Princesa Sofía

At least six trees in the Plaza de la Constitución will be moved in the coming weeks. The Ayuntamiento de La Línea de la Concepción will transplant them to the area around the Parque Princesa Sofía, and the shrubs will be distributed across other areas of the city to be decided by the delegación de Parques y Jardines. The reason is the comprehensive remodelling work on the square. The planters that run across it prevent the repair of the waterproofing of the slab of the car park beneath. The concejal delegada de Infraestructuras, Yolanda Fernández Borastero, explains that there are "many problems of water seepage in the parking, both in the private and the public ones", and that the only way to carry out the repair is to lift those planters and check and waterproof the whole square.

The move affects six large trees. There are also three olive trees of significant size: two are not over the slab and do not need to be moved, and the third, very close to the edge, will be kept in the square until the last moment if possible. In addition, specimens of Cyca revoluta and Phoenix will be moved. The concejal has ruled out felling: "What we are going to do is a replanting of the same ones, that is, a transplant, a move of those that have to be moved because of this waterproofing". As she details, the moving of the trees was already foreseen in the drafting of the project and has its own budget allocation. The remodelling work on the Plaza de la Constitución exceeds four and a half million euros and is financed with European funds with municipal participation. The transplant work is included in the project budget, as Fernández Borastero has indicated.