New Palma flats will lead to further traffic congestion

Bonache is critical of the town hall. It has no plans in place to deal with the additional traffic. There was a meeting with the transport department a few months ago at which the issue was highlighted. The department said that the new flats were an urban planning matter.

José Hila, the former mayor who is now in charge of the planning department, says that the developments are covered by the town hall's general urban plan. Under the plan there was no provision for new streets to serve them. However, the plan is currently undergoing revision, so now is the time to consider whether new streets will be necessary. Were there to be, then some expropriation would be required. This said, there is not much space available to create new streets.

Hila is putting his faith in public transport providing an alternative to cars. He admits that Palma does not at present have a particularly good transport system. The current administration is working towards achieving this, but only so much has been possible since it came into office in 2015.