The PP abstained from voting on the proposal to limit vehicle entry into Mallorca, presented by the PSOE at Tuesday's extraordinary plenary session of the Council of Mallorca – the PSIB had registered a bill in the Parliament. Interestingly, thethe socialists It consists of the same text that the president of the Council of Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, publicly presented on June 13, with the sole exception of a reference to the transfer of public transport powers, currently held by the Balearic Government, to the island institution. It also raises the possibility of financing sustainable mobility policies with an ecotax.

The Consell will allocate €1.2 million to install 250 cameras in Mallorca (125 license plate readers and 125 surveillance cameras) with the aim of obtaining more data on the origin and type of cars before limiting the number of vehicles on the island. This comes after having already paid a load study which was presented in October 2024 and which states that almost 400,000 vehicles entered Mallorca in 2023. The island councilor for Territory, Mobility and Infrastructure, Fernando Rubio, has justified that the data extracted will allow "a much more detailed load study, with data, and will reassure the sector of It's expensive. who has requested it and it's understandable that they want more specific data."

The Balearic Islands Tourist Accommodation Association (Habtur) is concerned that vehicle restrictions in Mallorca could create "more problems getting to their accommodations" for tourists staying in holiday rentals, according to the association's manager, Maria Gibert. She described Mallorca's public transport network as "deficient." "Tourists staying in agriturismos need a car to get there because they're in a tourist area or staying in a town that doesn't have good public transport access," she emphasized. She added that "depending on the type of measure" proposed in the regulations, "it could benefit large hotel chains because, in a way, it would draw tourists to the big hotels and would also harm complementary services." In this regard, she explained that "a large hotel can charter a bus to the premises" because "it's in their interest for tourists to spend money there and not go out to eat at a restaurant."

The Council of Mallorca has already signed the order to start the expropriation file of the Alaró CastleAccording to the Island Councilor for Territory, Mobility, and Infrastructure, Fernando Rubio, the island institution has taken this step "in accordance with the provisions of Law 4/2025, which establishes Alaró Castle as a general system of supra-municipal interest." Rubio emphasized that this concept was already promoted in the fourth amendment to the Territorial Plan of Mallorca with the aim of "protecting it so that it can belong to all Mallorcans."