Alternative to Rail Association - Raise Mobility Network has reviewed the Plan of rail transport in the Balearic Islands, the proposed reopening of the railway line Manacor - Arta, the environmental impact report The laws of railways, and has continued to present information that refers to transport by rail of Mallorca.
After analyzing all this information, the association believes that this project is an irresponsible policy that mortgaged the future of public transport to the Levante Mallorca with excessive consumption of land.
For these and the following reasons, the association requests that the President of the Balearic Islands to reconsider the necessity and priority to reopen and build the train Manacor Arta. And if in the end, believes that it should give priority to the rail line unless the line with potential demand throughout Mallorca, do not let it start the works until they are approved the route in Manacor, the route to Cala Ratjada the route to Porto Cristo. That is, requests the President of the Balearic Islands, which does not continue with the expropriations, or start the work, until they know all the needs of the entire course of Levante (Manacor - Arta-Cala Ratjada and Porto Cristo), even after the project is run by parties.
addition, after following the allocation of central government budgets, we see that there is not enough to build this project, even if the signed agreement.
Another issue that concerns us is that if you start the work without being granted the budget, they will stop and leave the project having already expropriated lands descuidades also be abandoned.
We are also concerned that the works begin without clear 3 points on the path:
- The connectivitat with current Manacor station
- The output of the hypothetical train to Porto Cristo. It has not come to light until it has exposed the modified project in July 2009 that there is a hypothetical future branch to Porto Cristo from the rural village of Son Carrio.
- Continuity of Cala Ratjada, which is under study.
this will not be clear that the future does not serve parts of the works to be implemented now:
- If you do not know where the train will Manacor, perhaps where the station now stands provisional is not the right place, and will work must be undone.
- If you do some workshops in Son Carrio without rigorously anlizado where you must exit the train to Porto Cristo (since the Ministry of Transportation states that the only reason, and recent, not provided for in the first draft now making workshops in Son Carrio is a hypothetical branch to Porto Cristo), might be that future studies will determine which branch to Porto Cristo should come from Manacor. This would mean that future workshops should move in Manacor, and make them do, with the cost that this would again.
- If still not clear the path for Cala Ratjada or from where it will, it is unclear where it should be the location of the station and shops (which are not the same place) of the town. This route to Cala Ratjada, could condition the approach of part of the old route in Arta, and this would, again, a rearrangement, and an added cost.
Alternative proposal
Given all the reasons for believing that the train is a project Artà disproportionate to the reality of the Levant and the lack of rigor in the design and the layout, the association bet by a bus network that has the highest population coverage and to avoid building more infrastructure. He proposes converting old railroad tracks in greenways ( www.viasverdes.com ) and restore the stations to make them more services. The greenways would promote an alternative tourism in the region of Levante, and could desestacionalitzar tourism demand.
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