The Manacor Safe School Environments project will involve 17 educational centers and more than 40 streets

PalmTransforming access to all schools in the municipality of Manacor to make them safer and more people-friendly. The Manacor City Council presented "Safe School Environments" this Monday, a project involving the Public Space, Education, and Local Police departments. Its objective is to reinforce traffic calming measures during school drop-off and pick-up times by encouraging students to walk, cycle, or use scooters to and from school. In total, work will be carried out on the access points of seventeen schools and on more than forty streets throughout the municipality, using specific road markings, vertical signage, and graphic elements that clearly identify priority zones for children and families. An identifying logo will be installed, along with new bicycle and scooter parking facilities at the schools. According to the City Council, the aim is to create safer, more functional, and more visible school areas, and to reinforce the temporary traffic restrictions during arrival and dismissal times, as has been the practice since 2020.

December 20

The work (preparation of the asphalt and technical planning coordinated with the schools) will be carried out on Saturdays, in six consecutive phases, so as not to interfere with the normal operation of school days. The work began on November 15th at the Jaume Vidal, Sa Torre, and Simó Ballester primary schools and will continue until December 20th, when the work will be completed. The Education Delegate, Carme Gomila, emphasized that children "have the right to enter school in a car-free, quieter, and more humane environment." For his part, Mayor Miquel Oliver highlighted the cross-cutting nature of the project and noted that "Manacor is a municipality with heavy traffic, so these sensitive areas must be especially protected." Joana Maria Llull, Delegate for Public Space, also attended the event. Sebastià Llodrà, Local Police delegate; the delegate of Portocristo, Antònia Llodrà; Pedro Taberner, head of the Local Police; and Francisca Aguiló, director of the CEIP Jaume Vidal.