train can not build a train with such a low demand and irregularities in times of crisis and budget cuts, not ever. With the crisis over and with the cuts, if they stopped this project would have 190 million euros, which costs only section Manacor - Arta, to invest in more useful and urgent needs
The Association Alternative to Rail - Network Mobility Llevant, we recall that Manacor railway project - Arta, full of irregularities administrative and strategic, is a great waste of public money , which is most noticeable in times of crisis.
In times of crisis the government can not afford to waste , and now they are cutting investments and salaries of officials, should cut spending on projects less demand, more irregularities and more environmental impact, as is the tram rail project Manacor - Arta. This project is led by the political party that is governing the PSM Department Environment and Mobility of the Government of the Balearic Islands.
the train is less than estimated demand for Mallorca because it will cover less than 4% of the demand for Llevant and 8% Manacor relations, which would mean between 450,000 and 700,000 trips a year under Railway Transport Plan. These figures would be well if the train reaches the coastal Cala Millor and Cala Ratjada and connect with the train from Palma, sections that are not covered by this project . Only in the course of Manacor to Arta need to expropriate more than 450,000 square meters, as well as roads reopen, they need more meters of public domain and build tens of kilometers of roads and replacement two workshops that will destroy the landscape of the East of Mallorca.
The PSIB-PSOE stated in its election manifesto of 2007 (page 62 ) only promote rail and tram routes those with sufficient demand justify the large investments . Furthermore, the PSIB-PSOE also pledged to conduct a new study of mobility in the Balearic Islands have a fundamental tool for planning the sustainable mobility. Thing that has not done.
At the moment only has begun the piece of section from one temporary station constructed on the outskirts of Manacor to Arta. Llevant The train does not connect with the existing train to Palma , we separated about 2 miles. This section should connect to Palma Llevant train passes through the most important avenue of Manacor, the Paseo del Ferrocarril. The Paseo del Ferrocarril neighbors have been associated with the slogan "A free train ride" and denounce the project for its irregularities Manacor . According to the Railway Transport Plan this piece of road would have to be buried and the present Government is the projection on the surface without first having changed the Transport Sector Master Plan of the Balearic Islands or have reached an agreement with the city of Manacor by changes urban development that will produce surface train for this city.
On the other hand, already decided before starting the project Manacor to Arta that the train would not pass by Cala Millor , without giving any technical explanation. This means that expected demand that if it was low, it will be even lower. It is recalled that most people and tourists living in the coastal zone in the Bay of Cala Millor, where the train will not pass.
The rail project Manacor to Arta is started without taking into account the entire journey and wasting even more money could be saved if the whole project would raise to Cala Ratjada. In BOIB . 114 of 3 October 2009 won studying alternative routes and mode of the line Arta - Cala Ratjada with cost analysis and feasibility. The winning company was four and a half months to present the study (until March 2010). This study, the Department of Transportation has not yet submitted, and has begun to build a piece of rail (Manacor - Arta) without having studied the viability of the entire path (Manacor - Cala Ratjada).
Yet the Balearic Islands Government declared interest unfairly tracing Manacor to Arta without having studied the route before joining the train line that comes in Arta with which leads to Palma and studies without Arta Cala Ratjada. Without all this information can not tell if the line projected on the railway transport plan is viable or not, or if other form of transport should be more flexible, economically, socially and environmentally just, as a network of bus .
Association alternative to the train administrative litigation brought against the Council's agreement the government of the Ministry of Transportation and Planning dated 27/11/2009 on the resource desetima replacement brought against the agreement of the Governing Council dated August 28, 2009 on final passage of the "Reopening of the railway station: Link - Arta. Phase II: Manacor-Arta " and declaration of emergency occupation of the affected land for expropriation necessary.
In the administrative appeal asked for the nullity and we argued that the rules with which this project is based of an erroneous basis of a law wrong. In fact, the Balearic Islands Government has not legislated on railway.
was not until December 22, 2009 we received the notification of dismissal of the appeal by the Ministry of Transportation and Planning, and later in the process, and after request a certificate of administrative silence. The response gave us the Ministry of Transportation and Land Management does not satisfy us because there is no argument about the law on which it relies to justify the project is limited to explaining the laws of eminent domain process.
On 25 March 2010 the High Court of Administrative Balearic defendant claimed that the Administration (the Department of Transportation) administrative record, which must be sent in the non-extendable twenty days with the legal requirements of Article 48 of the LJCA, the Administration must come to practice sites referred to in Article 49 of that Act, with justification of sites carried out, leaving that authority located in accordance with Article 50 LJCA. Let it be known to the Administration the provisions of art. 38 of the said Act Mobility This case has not yet sent . Neither the Association alternative to the train nor the judge have had access to the administrative file of the rail project because Manacor to Arta-makers and officials from the Directorate General of Transportation and SFM (Services Railway Mallorca) No just send the file as requested by the judge.
addition, during these weeks, the Accounts of the Government of the Balearic Islands, the national audit of the administration submitted its 2008 report which announced that it has detected i IRREGULARITIES in the purchase of cars by 54 million euros . The Government acquired new units without a public tender from the same supplier of a previous contract. According to Diario de Mallorca on May 13, 2010. are bad precedents of mismanagement .
To make matters worse, made in building two workshops train on a stretch of only 30 kilometers expensive project. While the draft submitted in November 2008 there were only a few workshops in Arta, which was submitted in July 2009 appeared a few shops in Son Carrio, holding workshops in Arta. In the first project workshop in Arta justified because they had to be located in a lane of average or high density. Son Carrio is a small core of rural roads which are reaching high and narrow. In addition to reach the location of the workshops Carrio Son has to go through the only urban street that leads to it before passing through the village school, which means it's dangerous for children.
We also wish to remind you that we bring you a dossier with the documentation we have gathered on this project to reopen the rail line Manacor - Arta, where indicated all the grounds (until October 2009) by which This project has no justification and no consensus. It can be downloaded (2.6 M) in http://alternativaaltren.balearweb.net/get/53850-DossierTrenNoManacorArtacopia.pdf
We made sure that the report was easy to read, being written with integrity and being referenced each of words.
I appreciate your reflection on this project with so many irregularities, many faults, rigor and justification.
the Association's intention to train alternative is to stop this project and really bet for efficient public transport , friendly nature that is truly sustainable and competitive in the car. With the crisis over and cuts, if they stopped this project would 190 million euros, it costs only section Manacor - Arta, regardless of Arta - Cala Ratjada, to invest in projects useful and most urgent needs and not waste them on a project with so many irregularities and low potential demand.
