The City Council has given the Borne a whole new lease of life.

The City Council has given the Borne a whole new lease of life. | Jason Moore

Humphrey Carter18/02/2014 00:00
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Palma City Council’s decision to allow cafes along the Borne to have terraces on the boulevard running up the middle of the street has proved a huge success.

Palma.—The small business association, PIMECO, said yesterday that retailers on the Borne are extremely pleased with the council’s initiative and have called on City Hall to unveil the project across the capital in order to help revive trade in certain areas.
According to PIMECO, the Borne has been transformed into the very heart of the capital now with all of the bars and restaurants with terraces along the boulevard reporting brisk and encouraging trade. Carolina Domingo, the President of the Association of Retailers along the Borne and the Vice-president of PIMECO, said yesterday that the Borne is becoming one of the main tourist attractions in the capital. “For years the Borne was the location for badly planned events and trade fairs which did not suit the area nor generate any great benefit for the local retailers, however, now it is a completely different story and the street has been