The Island Council will invest more than half a million euros in the Tenerife Athletics Center this year

This year, the Island Council will invest more than half a million euros in various improvement projects at the Tenerife Island Athletics Center (CIAT), which is managed by the public company Ideco. This was announced by the island’s Councilor for Sports, Yolanda Moliné, to representatives of the five clubs that regularly train at the Cabildo’s facility during a meeting also attended by Ideco’s CEO, Manolo Gómez.

Yolanda Moliné emphasized that “CIAT is a state-of-the-art sports facility where we plan to carry out some improvements that we consider necessary to provide our athletes with better training conditions.”

The island councilor specifically referred to the renovation of the track surface (tartan) and the artificial turf, with an estimated budget of 327,000 euros; the replacement of the throwing cage, for which 20,000 euros will be allocated, and the purchase of new equipment and supplies for the gym, totaling 103,000 euros. “We also have other projects underway, such as improving the facility’s energy efficiency, which we hope to tackle this year as well.”

The clubs currently training at CIAT—and which were present at the meeting—are Club Tenerife, Milla Chicharrera, Club Santa Cruz, Olimpus 21, and Club Trotamundos. In addition to being used by federated and non-federated athletes, the center operates an introductory track and field school for children and adults, where participants develop the basic physical skills needed to practice the sport.