OPEN DAY
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TALK
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THE
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21ST SEPTEMBER 2017
Lluc-Pollensa Walk Open The Consell de Mallorca has finally reopened the path along the Ca na Borrassa estate in Pollensa. For years this 87m-long path meant that the old road between Lluc and Pollensa was impossible to pass. The route is recognized by the Consell as a public path and in March 2012 it was agreed they would recover the original route. In July, the Consell installed temporary barriers while the Ca na Borrassa estate was
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secured. They had to break the locks of the property that prevented the free passage by Ca na Borrassa, property of the family of the ex-mayor and current leader of the opposition, Tomeu Cifre Ochogavía. For the last 6 weeks the farm has remained closed while work was carried out to protect the livestock on the estate. Last week access was finally opened and signposts identifying the Dry Stone
image courtesy of the Consell de Mallorca
Walk to which this ancient road belongs have been placed. President of the Consell de Mallorca, Miquel Ensenyat told press it was
a “day to be happy” for the reopening of a public road. “After ten years we return the Mallorquins a part of their own heritage,” he said.
Frontline News from Puerto Pollensa Nine companies located both on the island and in the peninsula have submitted their tender for the second phase of the frontline work in Puerto Pollensa. The pedestrianization project, which will conclude the work begun during the first phase, has been put out to tender for a maximum amount of €2.03m. image courtesy of Council of Pollensa
Unlike the bidding process for the first phase, the current government team ‘pollencí’ (Junts Avança and UMP) are aiming to assume absolute control of the works, exercising project management, so they can “avoid the problems” that arose after the tender of the first phase, realized in the last legislature and executed during the winter 2015-1016, by a construction company that was “chosen by simple auction” and that “caused many problems during the development of the works”. continued on page 2
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