From Monday, 130 spaces will be available at a parking lot on C. Federico García Lorca. The largest parking facility, scheduled to be operational some time during the first quarter of 2023, will be at the CLH plant in Portopí. Together with the car park on C. Federico García Lorca, 950 spaces will be created. Other parking areas will be on the Golondrinas quay, where the Balearic Ports Authority will have 80 spaces, and at the S'Aigo Dolça car park, which is currently under construction.
Parking spaces in the centre of the Paseo Marítimo will remain until the CLH lot is ready. Once it is, it will act as a park-and-ride space to connect with the EMT Linea 1 bus route to the city centre.
Manuel Jiménez, president of the Paseo Marítimo association of businesses and residents, says that "it is difficult to achieve unanimity, as there are people who want to park outside their doors, but you can't have everything".
Businesses, he adds, have accepted the changes, but there are concerns about the inconvenience caused by the work and being able to remain open. "We hope that it doesn't last forever." This said, he understands that the Paseo Marítimo cannot continue to be a highway with three lanes in both directions.
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Jason DDear oh dear, how negative.
Jason DActually, I think you must be blind to the future opportunies that this amazing project will bring.
Zoltan TeglasAccording to some here, it doesn't matter what it is, it's a disaster. They'll even make it up if they have to. Yet returning to the sunlit uplands apparently isn't all that appealing either. So, may as well be miserable here, right?
Jason DFrom Monday, 130 spaces will be available at a parking lot on C. Federico García Lorca. The largest parking facility, scheduled to be operational some time during the first quarter of 2023, will be at the CLH plant in Portopí. Together with the car park on C. Federico García Lorca, 950 spaces will be created. Other parking areas will be on the Golondrinas quay, where the Balearic Ports Authority will have 80 spaces, and at the S'Aigo Dolça car park, which is currently under construction.
Zoltan TeglasWhere is the parking Zoltan?
Jason DDid you read the article? There will be more parking spaces than before! So some dust will blow onto some boats, so what! It might take drivers 5 mins more to reach their destination, boo hoo! You were probably one of those people that said that Calle Blanquerna and Calle Nuredunna were going to be a disaster - Funny how they've all gone quiet.
Zoltan TeglasIt's going to be a disaster for the reasons I mentioned above. Alternative parking for local residents who have relied on the spaces on the Paseo, has not been pre-emptively provided. There is a lag of between the taking and providing. Huge trees which made the paseo what it is are being ripped down like there is no tomorrow. The Joan miro avenue is not adequate for the increase in traffic that it will inevitably will get. Dust and debris will carelessly blow in to the yachts along the paseo, also local businesses and residents will get this. Parking for workers who maintain these yachts year round will no longer be available. These issues will be magnified once the tourism picks up again in spring. Let me know how it will massively improve the sea front, I am open to changing my opinion.
Jason DWhy is it going to be a disaster? It will massively improve the sea front for residents and visitors. Like any work it'll cause some disruption for a while but the end result will be worth it.
I knew they'd make a hash of the place, it seems to just rushed in and started carving into random parts of the paseo. Trees of 60 years or more being whipped down without a thought. The entire character of the avenue gone. Parking for local residents a complete after thought. Joan miro is going to become a disaster zone with traffic and if it wasn't dangerous enough I pray there are no casualties up there due to the inevitable increase in traffic and lack of speed ramps or speed controls. Wow, hold on to your hats folks this is going to be a complete disaster for residents, local businesses and more importantly, the yacht industry who are not going to tolerate the amount of dust and shit blowing in from the works