What changes for residents and visitors on La Palma?
The change affects residents of Los Llanos de Aridane who want to rebuild a house on one of the paths still open. The Ayuntamiento (town council) wants to build the access so they can apply for building licences.
Visitors and newcomers see no change, according to the information available. The council gave no closure, diversion or works date.
The council has not published a list of the 29 paths. Anyone who owns land on an affected path should ask the council, for example the Concejalía de Urbanismo (planning department), because the timetable and application process were not given.
What did Mayor Llamas and Minister Torres agree?
Mayor Javier Llamas and Ángel Víctor Torres, Minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, agreed two points on Thursday 12 November 2026. They met at the XV Comisión Mixta for the reconstruction, recovery and support of La Palma, which brings together the state, the Canary Islands government, the Cabildo (island government) and the affected councils.
The first point amends the original agreement (convenio) and adds 29 works on paths that were missing from the first plan. The announcement does not say which paths they are.
The money comes from works that cannot be carried out as planned, such as on the Camino Pastelero. The council does not say whether this path is among the 29.
The industrial zone at Callejón de la Gata also drops out of the council plan. The Cabildo de La Palma takes it on as a task of interest to the whole island, and according to the council its funds will be redistributed.
How big is the addendum and who pays?
The second point is an adenda (addendum) with around 36 further works and a budget of about 32 million euros. The headline of the announcement says 30 million and the text says 32 million, and this article follows the text.
The state would carry half, around 16 million euros. The announcement does not say who pays the other half.
The adenda stems from a document the council submitted in July 2025, first valued at around 65 million euros. The sum falls partly because the Cabildo takes over parts, such as the Callejón de la Gata industrial zone.
For the first state agreement, Llamas said the split was 50% state, 25% Canary Islands government and 25% Cabildo. He said so in August 2025.
According to Llamas, the first agreement put the damage to council facilities at 23 million euros, later raised to 33 million. A second document added 66 million euros, making around 99 million in total.
What is still open on the Los Llanos paths?
The list of the 29 paths, the exact amount and the building timetable are unpublished. It is also unclear whether the adenda will appear in the BOE (state gazette) after the cabinet meeting or still needs to be signed.
On emergency procedure (tramitación de emergencia), the council wants faster building with legal certainty. The two administrations discussed it, but the announcement gives no result.
On 27 July the ministry asked Los Llanos for details on the works in the annex to the agreement. By 7 October, reports at the time said no reply had arrived, so the works did not yet qualify for funding.
Whether the council has replied since is not known. Reports of 12 November also mention differences between the Canary Islands and the state over 100 million euros for La Palma, whose substance could not be checked.
What happens after the agreement?
According to the mayor, Torres promised to bring the adenda to the Consejo de Ministros (Spanish cabinet) before the end of 2026. The council gave no date.
Llamas said: “Behind every open path, families are waiting to rebuild their homes.” He wants the funds to arrive quickly and the works to move ahead.
Torres said in October that the state had advanced all due funds from the signed convenio. With a credit approved by the cabinet on 22 September, the funds mobilised rose to 68.5 million euros, he said.