Demand to eliminate the Palma high-occupancy vehicle lane

Drivers have no other option because public transport "is totally deficient"

High-occupancy vehicle lane in Palma, Mallorca

Complaints since the introduction of the HOV lane on November 2. | Jaume Morey

Andrew EdePalma13/11/2022 13:35

Llorenç Galmés, spokesperson for the opposition Partido Popular at the Council of Mallorca, is calling for the high-occupancy vehicle lane in Palma to be eliminated "until there is a real transport alternative for all road users". "The majority of drivers who travel to Palma by car have no other option because public transport is totally deficient."

Modifications to the lane, which were announced "just a week after its launch" following a barrage of complaints, are "insufficient and reflect the improvisation with which it was introduced". Galmés believes that these modifications "will not solve the traffic chaos" that this lane has created on the motorway into Palma from the airport.

He is of the view that the lane is "a political whim" and has asked the president of the Council of Mallorca, Catalina Cladera, and the councillor for roads, Iván Sevillano, "to stop complicating the lives of Mallorcans with measures that do not solve the traffic problem".

Since the lane became operational, contents of the Mallorca Strategy 2030 document have come to light. Produced for the Council of Mallorca, it addresses the challenges of climate change, overpopulation and overexploitation of resources and argues the case for a general adoption of high-occupancy lanes exclusively for public transport.

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Marvin Le Martian | over 2 years ago

James WalkerClimate change is nonsense? What planet are you living on? Not this one obviously. Everyone around the globe is experiencing increased heat, drought, flood, fires, rising waters and generally worse living conditions. And yet you and others call it out as nonsense and fake news. I’m all for free speech but surely it’s not beyond technology to identify and tag posts such as this as “ unsubstantiated comment” or simply put “As fake as Trump” or plainly and most accurately: Gobshite. . .

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James Walker | over 2 years ago

It's again this cult like approach to climate change. We are all told that we have to believe this nonsense by the same experts and scientist that gave us COVID. They ruined all our lives and the economy because of a flu virus. Not to mention the deadly vaccines forced on everbody. Enough is enough. Stay our of our lives. It's one drama after another trying to make us live in perpetual fear. It's B#*locks. But the politicians love it because they love the control. Especially the socialists.

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