Summary sheet
The project concerns infrastructure development work at two airports in the Canary Islands (Fuerteventura and Tenerife North.
The project is a strategic investment for the economic development of the Canary Islands as an ultra-peripheral region. The project objectives are expansing airport capacity to improve transport services.
The Promoter has confirmed that the development work at Fuerteventura and Tenerife North required a formal EIA. The Bank will review the procedures followed, the assessment of impacts, the degree of public consultation allowed and how any conditions imposed upon the development have been incorporated into the design and construction works.
The Bank will require the Promoter to confirm that all contracts for the implementation of the project have been tendered in accordance with the relevant EU procurement directives, with publication of tender notices in the EU Official Journal where appropriate.
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