{"id":353768,"date":"2026-01-05T18:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/353768\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:39:15","slug":"calls-for-an-urgent-plan-to-improve-cycle-routes-in-mallorca-150000-cycle-tourists-every-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/353768\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls for an \u2018urgent\u2019 plan to improve cycle routes in Mallorca, 150,000 cycle tourists every year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PI-Proposta per les Illes Balears party will call for an \u2018urgent\u2019 plan to improve cycle paths and routes across the island in a motion to be presented at the January plenary session of the Council of Mallorca<\/a>. In a press release, the PI-Proposta per les Illes Balears announced that it will present a motion at the January plenary session of the Council of Mallorca to promote the improvement of the cycle routes used by cyclists<\/a> on the island, with the aim of increasing safety, organising pending actions and responding to an increasingly present reality on Mallorca\u2019s roads.<\/p>\n

The regionalist party pointed out that Mallorca is a land deeply linked to cycling<\/a>, both because of its sporting tradition \u2013 with historical and current figures of the highest level in all disciplines \u2013 and because of the large social base that practises it. In general, El PI pointed out that there are more than 110 active cycling clubs in the Balearics and thousands of people who practise this sport on a regular basis, to which must be added more than 150,000 cycle tourists who visit Mallorca every year.<\/p>\n

Despite this social, sporting and economic importance, El PI has warned that \u2018many of the roads used as cycle routes do not offer adequate safety conditions, either for cyclists or for other road users\u2019. Added to this is the fact that \u2018a large part of the civic roads announced have not yet been built,\u2019 the regionalist party continued to warn, \u2018and that there is a lack of coordination between the Council and the local councils on those roads owned by the municipalities\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018Cycling is a well-established reality in Mallorca, but the institutional response is not up to the task,\u2019 said El PI spokesperson in the Council, Antoni Salas. \u2018It is not enough to announce kilometres of civic roads: we must prioritise the roads that are actually most used and most dangerous, listening to cyclists and municipalities,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

The motion registered by El PI urges the Council\u2019s Department of Roads and Infrastructure to open a consultation process with the Balearic Cycling Federation and local councils to identify the roads most used by cyclists that need urgent action, whether through resurfacing, widening the carriageway or other safety improvements.<\/p>\n

In addition, El PI proposes the development of a Work Plan for the Improvement of Cycle Routes in Mallorca, with a clear and public schedule of actions. \u2018We need planning, objective criteria and specific deadlines. Every year we continue to lament accidents and risky situations that could be avoided with more decisive management,\u2019 Salas remarked.<\/p>\n

Finally, the initiative also proposes the establishment of agreements between the Council and the local councils responsible for particularly dangerous sections, in order to be able to act in a coordinated manner where jurisdiction is not exclusively insular. \u2018The PI advocates a model of safe, orderly and respectful mobility that takes into account both residents and visitors and protects people\u2019s lives,\u2019 concluded Antoni Salas, finally emphasising that \u2018improving cycle paths is not just a matter of sport, it is a matter of road safety<\/a> and institutional responsibility\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The PI-Proposta per les Illes Balears party will call for an \u2018urgent\u2019 plan to improve cycle paths and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[3946,4985,55679,2120,2739,3948,3949,136320,15986,640,101,387,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-353768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-british-tourists","tag-cycling","tag-cyclists","tag-holiday","tag-latest-headlines","tag-majorca","tag-mallorca","tag-pollensa","tag-road-safety","tag-spain","tag-sports","tag-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}