destruction in rural areas that cause the works Llevant Train de Mallorca are in full swing. Above the station areas, leaving areas where debris and construction material and workshops of new work in Arta and Son Carrio are the areas most affected and where it looks better the environmental disaster of the pharaonic infrastructure.
The projects that were left to public exposure had no constructive detail of the restoration of the seasons or even the baseline and executive workshops Arta and Son Carrio. We do not know what impact will these new urban infrastructure projected onto agricultural land at the outskirts of both towns and rural environment.
Deforestation and land movements are significant. They have already started to build roads for reconsideration, which also consume a lot of territory. These roads, we estimate that in total over 40 miles to allow residents to cross the tracks. The Department of Transportation has not reported on the total rustic roads that will cut the train passage.
Destruction "for what?
reading the news last months you wonder why it destroys because:
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subway service Reduce by half due to lack of passengers. It should be noted that the subway serves one of the densest areas of Mallorca (Palma center - industrial park - college). And the train Llevant serve the area with less demand in Majorca, as explained in the Plan of Rail Transportation.
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Approve the regulations allow eliminate rail lines without sufficient demand and not profitable. If the Peninsula and removed railway lines in Europe without sufficient demand is rare in Mallorca are built railway lines without sufficient demand.
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No money in the regional coffers, since the Govern crisis has reduced the payroll for public employees and spending of all institutions.
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The Government has recicibo not the 25 million agreement with Madrid (not out any news), and has requested 24 million in Europe (Charter of the Regional Policy Directorate-General sent to the Association Alternative to Train departure date 16.6.2010 - 004,880). It is recalled that the train is budgeted at 190 million euros and the money provided in Europe and Spain, if reached, would not cover barely a quarter of the budget.
http://www.diariodemallorca.es/elementosWeb/gestionCajas/DMA/File/tren-tram.pdf
Convert evil into an opportunity
To clean the railroad tracks and roads to remove the Ministry of Transportation and the Environment has swept through the territory without any pity for the trees planted and born in what is considered the new domain public although not necessary for the train to pass. However the evil done in the region of Llevant Alternative to Rail Association believes that politicians still time to relinquish Llevant train, which will be a bottomless bag of losses, because the train is less demand, and make the work carried out so far for very little effort to convert the old railroad tracks in Process Greens and the old stations in service areas. And avoid encimentar, electrifying, complete catenary steel and 30 kilometers of rural land.
The Greenways in Mallorca would be an alternative to mass tourism, desestacionalizarían the tourist season and in spring and autumn are the best times to stroll through the countryside, and revive the economy of the nuclei domestic population.
Given the economic situation and the events of the past two months by which closed railway lines in full operation, the Association Alternative to Rail believes that it is a political failure and economic ruin to continue building the train Manacor - Artà especially taking into account that has been designed without taking into account the continuity to Cala Ratjada. It is recalled that the Ministry of Transportation and Environment has not yet on public display the chosen route to Cala Ratjada and the environmental impact report.
And neither He has taught as the train crosses the city of Manacor.
