Some thirty protesters - businesspeople and residents - staged a protest in Puerto Pollensa this morning against the work on the semi-pedestrianisation of the coastal road.
Northern News Spotlight
Businesses protest against Puerto Pollensa pedestrianisation
Also in News
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Major security alert at Mallorca airport, surprise landing of flights from Morocco and Namibia
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Watch those prices in Mallorca
4 comments
To be able to write a comment, you have to be registered and logged in
As we have been coming to Puerto Pollensa for a number of years we were shocked to see the sea front has been destroyed by the level of concreting over the pavement areas. The workmanship is very poor for such a special area and there seems to have been a level of disregard for the accessibility for disabled people. Today we witnessed a motorised scooter trying to cross the road. There are not enough dropped kerbs for wheelchairs users. Surely if Puerto Pollensa wants to attract tourism they are not looking at the whole picture. There are a number of dangerous holes been left uncovered with no warning signs and what is the idea of cementing around trees!
My husband and I have been coming to Puerto Pollensa for nearly 30 years and had a property here for the last 12. We arrived last Tuesday and were completely shocked at the quality of the workmanship of the semi pedestrianisation. Awful grey concrete with workmens boots imprinted throughout and large cracks already appearing the entire seafront. Puerto Pollensa has always been the jewel of the North but it's looking decidedly CZ instead of diamond. The council should be ashamed and I'm sure many objections are being lodge ...including ours. I'm devastated!
I read in the Ultima Hora that the road surface (tarmac) is going to be at the same level as the pavement, so that should sort that problem. I think I will go up this weekend to see it for myself.
OMG!! its a complete shambles.. a dog with a you know what can see how shoddy this work is.. my major concern is the lack of access for disabled people.. abled people will have no problem getting to restaurants etc. there is a4-6 inch drop to the road & that's even at the pedestrian crossings so what hope do disabled have.. it was bad enough to find access before all this work started.. are these planners like the dogs I have spoken about .. I truly believe it now