INCA RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC CHAOS

DESPITE the recent return of the train to Manacor, the road to Inca from Manacor, has become a daily nightmare for drivers and whatever the outcome of the local elections, people in Manacor hope that the problem will be solved as quickly as possible. The road to Inca is a “bottleneck” and commuters have to sit in two-kilometre tail backs nearly every rush hour.
The worst times of the day are at lunch time and in the evening with local traffic, tourists and heavy goods vehicles trapped in traffic jams at the entrance and exits to Inca. Traffic trying to get in and out of Inca builds up to such an extent that through traffic from Alcudia to Palma, is also brought to a halt.
According to Guardia Civil traffic officers who are on hand nearly every day to help control the traffic, one of the biggest problems is the new roundabout system which gives priority to traffic heading between Palma and Alcudia. The traffic problem is fuelling fresh calls for a new south Inca ring-road, which will also stop drivers heading between Palma and Alcudia using the centre of Inca as a short-cut. Furthermore, with construction work already underway on a third industrial estate on the outskirts of Inca and the new hospital, a ring-road is going to become vital once the projects are completed. Inca Council also wants to see the problem resolved. Councillor Joan Deus said “we knew this would eventually happen when the Insular Council decided to widen the road after the Inca to Palma motorway was completed. “All this has led to is that the exits and entrances to Inca are brought to standstill every rush hour and traffic through the town has also been made worse with drivers now trying to nip through the centre to avoid the main road traffic chaos.” However, until the ring road is completed, only a few entrances to Inca will have to handle all the traffic much of which, had the Palma to Alcudia motorway been completed, would have been re-routed well away from the town.