The warnings have been of no use, nor the fear of losing the World Heritage recognition that UNESCO granted in 2023 to the valuable archaeological legacy of Menorca. The Popular Party government at the Island Council has disobeyed UNESCO and the Ministry of Culture and has gone straight ahead with the construction of the viaduct over the prehistoric navetas of Rafal Rubí, one of the sites included in the universal candidacy. Instead of demolishing the structure, as was demanded of it, it has maintained it and has traced over the viaduct the new section of the main road between Maó and Alaior. A policy of *fait accompli*.

The Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, accused Marga Prohens' Government this Monday of an "unbearable hypocrisy" for demanding limits on the growth of the Balearic Islands' airports while, as he denounces, it does not reduce the supply of tourist accommodation. The statements come amidst the strong social opposition that has been provoked by the expansion project of Ibiza airport, promoted by Aena, a company 51% controlled by the State through ENAIRE, a public entity that depends precisely on the ministry directed by Puente.

The Federation of Business Owners of the Balearic Islands (Afedeco) has filed an appeal for reconsideration against the expansion and reorganization of the ORA in Palma within the scope of the Low Emission Zone (ZBE). The entity demands the suspension of the measures, scheduled for January 1, 2027, because it considers that the reduction of short-stay parking spaces could harm the commercial activity of the center.

Mallorca wants to set a limit on the entry of vehicles to the island and is seeking European endorsement for the regulation currently being processed by the Balearic Parliament. The president of the Council of Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, has presented the proposal this Wednesday to the Director of Tourism of the Directorate-General for Mobility of the European Commission, Mona Björklund, within the framework of the Connecting Europe Days conference taking place in Brussels.

Twenty years are enough to understand to what extent the size of the Balearic Islands' airports has changed. Between January and August 2006, 20.9 million passengers passed through the airfields of Palma, Ibiza, and Menorca. In the same period this year, 34.3 million have already passed through. That is 13.4 million more travelers in just two decades, an increase that in the island airports as a whole stands at 64.3%.

In January of this year, Joan Gaià, general secretary of the Farmers' Union (UP) and businessman, paid an average of 0.90 euros per litre for agricultural diesel. It was practically the same price as in August 2025. In May, however, it was already 1.24 euros. This week the figure has reached 1.70 euros. In nine months, one of the essential costs for running an agricultural holding has become 89% more expensive. Since May alone, the increase is close to 37%. "This is a very big blow for those of us who still believe in the countryside," laments Gaià.

Eight entities linked to mobility, trains, cycling, and territory defense have questioned the second Palma beltway project, presented this week by the Council of Mallorca with a projected investment of 350 million euros. GOB, the Train Users Association, Vianants Mallorca, Terraferida, Friends of the Earth, Anti-Highway Platform, Maria Poble Petit Platform, and Sineu en Bici i a Peu consider that the action does not respond to the mobility needs of a large part of the island.

Plaça del Fossar in Sineu, November 2003. Thousands of people watch the satirical performance of the wedding between Maria Antònia Munar and Jaume Matas, a symbol of the political alliance that drives an unprecedented transformation of Mallorca's road network. Munar's Council road plan projects an island turned into a giant Scalextric and ignites one of the most intense periods of social mobilization in recent history. Sineu becomes the epicenter of the opposition to the Inca-Manacor motorway, an infrastructure that threatens to mutilate the Pla region. At the same time, another slogan begins to be heard: 'No to the second beltway'.

The presentation a few days ago of the new section of Palma's second ring road recalled, as ARABalears explains, those times indelible in our memory of the “Majorcan-style roads” of Maria Antònia Munar. Works presented with good canapés, marquees and, above all, a lot of nerve. Because they intended to make citizens believe that laying more asphalt was solving mobility.

Menorca will limit car entry from June 1, 2027. This is the common objective of the PP and the PSOE, who have hastily agreed to modify the Biosphere Reserve Law to make it possible. For various reasons, Més per Menorca and the renegade Vox councilor have voted against it.

Mallorca's trains will recover their usual timetables this Tuesday, September 1st, after the service reduction applied during August. Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM) will increase frequencies and the number of daily trains again with the arrival of September.

The suspension during the month of August of line 19 of EMT Palma, which usually connects the UIB and Parc Bit with Porta del Camp, has caused the saturation of line 16, which serves Secar de la Real and Establiments, according to neighborhood residents. EMT announced that the L19 would be out of service during August and would resume its route on September 1.

The Consell de Mallorca anticipates that by the end of the year, approximately 200,000 ITV inspections will be carried out, a figure that would allow for around 534,000 vehicle inspections in 2026, in line with those performed last year. In fact, 350,898 technical vehicle inspections have already been conducted this year.

The Biosphere Reserve Law, which was supposed to compensate Menorca for the capital status recognized for Mallorca and Ibiza, will be modified again without having been practically applied in its first three years of validity. Reduced by the Urgent Measures Law of 2024 —first— and by the coastal law announced for this autumn —later—, now the Menorca Council itself will modify it.

The Governing Council has authorized Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM) a sum of 6,176,705.09 euros (VAT included) to build a new double-track section between Petra and Manacor, which will mean being able to increase frequencies between Manacor and Palma.

The shipping companies have warned this Thursday that the future law to limit vehicles in Mallorca could shift some of the tourism that currently arrives by car towards air transport. The president of Baleària, Adolfo Utor, gave the example of the restrictions applied in Ibiza, where the arrival of tourist vehicles has fallen by 11% during the first half of 2026. As he warned, this limitation could end up favoring visitors arriving by plane. Nevertheless, he insisted that it will be necessary to measure to what extent the regulation is effective and what results it yields.

The Government has asked hotels this Tuesday to encourage guests to watch the solar eclipse of August 12 from their accommodations and to avoid private vehicle travel. The request is part of the planned measures to reduce mobility during the afternoon. As previously communicated, car access to the Serra de Tramuntana will also be restricted, with exceptions for residents, workers, and people staying or with reservations in establishments in the area.

The Consell de Mallorca has begun the installation of the first cameras in the network with 210 control devices that will monitor the roads to prevent illegal races and control the entry of vehicles to the island.

BiciPalma has opened four stations at La Teulera, Son Dureta, Son Armadans, and Avinguda de Picasso and plans to launch eleven more in the coming weeks. The action is part of the third phase of service expansion, funded with 750,000 euros and which also includes the incorporation of 150 new bicycles, all electric.

The Consell de Mallorca approved this Friday in an extraordinary plenary session the law to limit vehicles on the island, which after this step will be sent to Parliament. Curiously, the plenary session was on the verge of being cancelled because the president of the island institution, Llorenç Galmés, arrived almost half an hour late. The reason? He had to arrive in Palma from Manacor and found traffic jams due to "three accidents", as he himself explained.