One month after the closure of one of the entrance lanes to the Isuskiza urbanization, known as Plentzia's Abanico, traffic has been partially reestablished. The landslide that forced the restriction of passage since March continues without a definitive solution, although the recent installation of a traffic light system regulating alternative transit has allowed a significant return to normality.

This measure prevents approximately one thousand residents from having to use the alternative route via Dos Palmeras, an option that involved additional journeys of over six kilometers to leave the residential area. During the restriction period, the only operational section was exclusively for vehicle entry, causing considerable discomfort among residents who reported the daily impact on their commutes.

The solution adopted by the City Council has eliminated the detour, but it has not been without criticism. The neighborhood community questions the cost of the provisional action, which included both the installation of traffic lights and the execution of an electrical connection from the rugby field area. According to residents, a direct intervention on the landslide would have been “faster and more economical.”

In response to this criticism, the mayor, Aitor Garagarza, defends that the measure responds to safety and operational criteria. The mayor explains that battery-powered devices present recurring problems, such as theft, which could have forced new closures. He also emphasizes that the decision was agreed upon with technical teams and communicated to neighborhood representatives, stressing its temporary nature.

In parallel, the Consistory assures that it is advancing towards a definitive solution for the road. As detailed by the mayor himself, the comprehensive road project — which will include action on the entire route — will be completed this month. Additionally, a specific document is being drafted to intervene in the section affected by the landslide, leveraging some of the studies already carried out. “It is planned to request the unforeseen subsidy from the Foral Council, and we have already begun processing the corresponding file,” states Garagarza.

“We are desperate,” summarize the majority of residents, who insist that six years have passed since the judicial ruling that obliged the City Council to undertake the road repair without a definitive action having materialized. Although the mayor explains that “interventions require the drafting of projects and their corresponding processing, with the deadlines that this entails.” In this context, the municipal forecast is to have both the specific document for the recently affected section and the comprehensive plan available shortly, now that the preliminary technical work has been completed.