Responsible for the island's main roads, the councillor for mobility, Fernando Rubio, said on Friday: "The Council is willing to take the brave and decisive measures that are necessary; we are open to any solution."
The scenes in the Soller area and on the Formentor peninsula demanded a response, and so Rubio explained that there is to be a study of the carrying capacity of the road network. Based on results from this study, "measures and actions that are necessary will be taken". It will allow the Council to decide "where and how" to unclog roads. He didn't rule out there being limits to the number of vehicles entering Mallorca.
Regretting that the previous administration had not commissioned a study, "which would now allow us to apply measures immediately", Rubio pointed out that decisions aren't solely those of the Council. The traffic directorate (DGT) has to be involved, and there have apparently already been meetings on this subject.
Meanwhile, Soller town hall has requested an urgent meeting with the Council and the DGT to find solutions to the serious congestion on access roads. "This is affecting residents' quality of life." The queues of traffic this week, the town hall says, have been "unprecedented" for April and May.
Soller councillor Carlos Darder insists: "We cannot sit idly by. We must remind other institutions that their obligation is to know and control the carrying capacity of roads and, if necessary, limit the number of vehicles arriving from outside the island."
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Ulla JacksonPolicia/Guardia and Inspectors can tell immediately what the car registration reveals. It would be double fines for not having a sticker denoting a Hire Car.. This is just an Idea !!!.
Stan The ManIf they don't have a sticker, how do you know they are a rental car?
Do they really know how many of the cars clogging up the roads are car hires or local car owners? The town I live have extremely few hired cars, but trying to find a carparking space is virtually impossible. Say 5-10 years ago no problem, but it looks like most local people in this not affluent town, seems to have at least two car per family. Yes I know there are plenty of car hires on the island but to blame only them is a cheap option, in my view.
David EldridgeQuite agree. Overlap and duplication of jobs and decision-making is the main affliction to anything getting done here. Things do eventually get done, but are they the right things? And/or on time? And/or within budget? To say never to any and all of these wouldn't be inaccurate really. The public transport system needs considerable extending and upgrading. Especially the trains. Even the tram from the airport has been cancelled. Ok, it wasn’t a great plan but the principle of having a train connection to the airport is hardly revolutionary. The politicos here are like children squabbling in the playground. There’s no point in restricting hire car but not giving reasonable alternatives!
There's too many levels of government involved. Normal roads Consell de Mallorca, motorways the central government, Palma buses Ajuntament de Palma, TIB buses Govern de les Illes (I'm not sure who's in charge of the trains). It should all be Consell de Mallorca, since you can't get a bus to Menorca or drive to Madrid. Then with more and more people living outside Palma because of the exorbitant house prices (for rental or to buy), they need to think of the whole island as a conurbation with the sort of public transport offer that involves. It's ridiculous that the last train on the Palma to Inca line is at 22:20, or that buses to many places only run once an hour or less.
Perhaps a scheme is needed to limit the number of Hire Cars allowed on to the roads? A weekly limit officially applied per week. Marshal's could inspect the Company's Hire Registers. Every Hire Car to have a Sticker. HEAVY Fines for over hiring and vehicles with no sticker. Perhaps Resident stickers are needed too. With constant checks on road usage. Via Cameras too.
Great another study ? I tell ya have been watching this for along time allways getting worse perhaps they should introduce the same type of system as used in Singapour that limits road usage if you are a tourist and you want to go to Formentor with your car you have to buy a ticket online and bike groups are limited to max 4 people this avoids road hog usage also if you abuse the system in any way you receive a heavy fine . Good Day and staying at home is also very Good 👍