What changes for visitors and residents on the LP-213?
Drivers will notice nothing, according to the available information. The sources name no closure or traffic change, and the road is already in use.
The stretch runs between La Laguna and Las Norias, on the way to Puerto Naos. Nothing in the information gives a reason to change trips or bookings in the south of the island.
The 20 working days apply only to landowners, not to travellers. Visitors and tenants who own no land along the route need do nothing, according to the information.
What did the Cabildo decide on 9 November?
The Consejo de Gobierno (governing council) of the Cabildo de La Palma started compulsory expropriation proceedings on Monday 9 November 2026. They cover the plots under the LP-213 between La Laguna and Las Norias.
Lava from the Tajogaite volcano had destroyed the original route completely in 2021. The road was rebuilt in April 2022, but who would own the ground beneath it stayed open at the time.
Cabildo president Sergio Rodríguez said the previous island government had left the expropriation open. In his words, the current government wants to give owners and road infrastructure legal certainty.
The council also provisionally approved the list of affected assets and rights. It rests on reports from the Servicio de Infraestructuras and the Servicio de Patrimonio.
What can owners do now?
Owners have 20 working days from the day the BOP (the province's official gazette) publishes the list. The list is also posted on the Cabildo noticeboard.
During that time owners can inspect the documents and lodge objections. They may also ask for corrections to the description of their plots.
When the BOP will publish is not yet known, so no deadline can be given. Anyone who owns a plot along the route should watch the BOP and Cabildo announcements.
Why has the expropriation dragged on since 2022?
The association Tierra Bonita accused the Cabildo in February 2026 of keeping the road in a deliberate legal limbo. It said the Cabildo had not signed the acceptance protocol and that the expropriated owners had received no money yet.
Even a report of 17 October 2022 called the related expropriation paralysed. The delay is therefore not new.
The area then came to more than 50,000 square metres, though it stayed open whether that was a total. The figure may be out of date.
A platform of those affected said land buried under lava would be almost worthless. The 1954 expropriation law sets the value when the price-fixing procedure (justiprecio) opens, so the platform demanded a change in the law in October 2022.
For the 9 November decision, the question of price therefore remains unresolved.
What does the road cost and who pays?
The state pays 50%, or 12,158,246.74 euros, of the 24,316,493.48 euros estimated in the annex. A 2022 Convenio (agreement) between the Ministry of Territorial Policy and the Cabildo governs the rebuilding of the LP-213 Puerto Naos–El Remo and the LP-215 Tazacorte.
The route through La Laguna is priced at 8.56 million euros. What the new expropriation costs and who pays the compensation has not been published.
Tierra Bonita claims the base budget was around 4 million euros and the final cost over 14 million euros. It cites emergency decree 2022/2907 of 1 April 2022 as the legal basis, and no statement from the Cabildo is available.
Tierra Bonita also announced a complaint to the Fiscalía (public prosecutor's office). Whether it was filed is unknown.
For comparison, the Canary government declared urgent occupation of plots in January 2026 for the LP-2 between San Simón and Tajuya. The new road over the lava is about 2.3 kilometres long, costs about 24 million euros, takes 14 months and should be finished in 2027.
What is still open?
The number and area of the plots, the owners' names and the total compensation are not published. The length of the stretch and a timetable for payments and for acceptance of the road are also missing.
No reactions from owners or from Tierra Bonita to the decision are available yet. The available information does not describe how the procedure continues after the 20 working days.
A separate procedure concerns the coastal road built by the state, which runs 3.9 kilometres over the lava between Puerto Naos and Tazacorte. It opened in May 2023, cost 38 million euros and, under an August 2024 Convenio, is to pass with its expropriated land to the Canary government.