Both in the Andratx direction, one of these lanes would be under the Can Blau roundabout and the other from the junction with the Inca motorway and the Valldemossa exit.
According to the Council's roads department, these lanes would result in a decrease in traffic jams that occur most days of between 25 and 30 per cent. The councillor for roads, Fernando Rubio, is waiting for technical personnel to give the go-ahead. "As soon as we have this, the scheme will be launched."
The jams at rush hours are particularly horrendous on the Inca motorway itself. There are always long tailbacks of vehicles for the Andratx direction.
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It’s not just the volume of traffic, nor purely the lanes. It’s the configuration of the slip road which joins the slip road to take the Andratx direction forcing traffic to try and cut across a slow moving lane into a fast moving lane next to it. Was this designed by a five year old? Nightmare.
Stagger work times.
When are these "smart" people going to add lanes to the motorway to/from the airport? This has been a disaster area for years as well.
Surely it's for traffic travelling in the other direction of the Via Cintura motorway where lane expansion is needed most urgently? Between the Valldemossa (Ocimax) junction and Inca/Alcudia motorway junction. This section - travelling in this direction - is always by far the most congested. And seems to have got significantly worse since the Paseo Maritimo roadworks commenced.
I do not think that these extra lanes would solve jams. What is needed is very tough and immediate restrictions of traffic, and the number of vehicles, on any of Mallorcas roads. Imagine traffic lights on every approach/slip road on to the Cintura and Motorway roads. These lights would control when any vehicle could enter the main roads. Thereby controlling the amount of vehicles on the main roads at any time. A Control room deciding when traffic can go on to the main roads. Especially at " JAM " TIMES.