10 One. It was the year 2014 when the Friends of the Camí d'en Kane began to publicly warn that the bridge crossing the Algendar torrent in the Binimoti district, built during the British rule in the 18th century, was threatening to collapse. Three years later, they raised the tone of the alert: the bridge did not stop deteriorating, and at any moment it could collapse. The Ferreries City Council and the Island Council of Menorca took an interest in it, and the historical heritage technicians of the Council, accompanied by the Civil Guard, tried to access it to check the state of the bridge and make a proposal for action. The Binimoti property blocked their path: this is private property, you cannot pass. But it was not at all clear that the path was private property. In fact, there was a legal dispute underway to determine if it was private or public – that is to say, heritage for everyone. The Historical Heritage Service asked the court for permission to inspect the bridge, but the judge prohibited the Council from accessing that section of the Camí d'en Kane until the dispute determined its ownership. The Council argued, warning that at any moment a piece of historical heritage could be lost forever and that it was essential to shore it up. But nothing, the judge ratified the veto, and also forced the Council to pay the legal costs of the opposing party. A few months after this order, as was foreseeable, the Binimoti bridge collapsed. Everyone, except the judge, regretted it. The judge was wrong, because I do not want to think that a judge could consciously defend the interest of a private individual to the detriment of the public interest. In the year 2023, another judge confirmed that the section of the Camí d'en Kane as it passes through Binimoti is of public ownership. But the bridge is no longer there.

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