Residents are demanding the reopening of the old Costitx road, which was closed by a private owner: "It has been occupied for 15 years."

Residents of Pla de Mallorca, along with members of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Environment (GADMA) and the pro-path platforms of Manacor and Pollença, gathered on the old Costitx path (which belongs to the municipality of Sineu) to demand its reopening.

According to local residents who spoke to ARA Baleares, "a private owner closed this path many years ago." Residents have asserted that two court rulings—one in Inca and another in Palma—establish that the path is publicly owned and therefore must be reopened. Similarly, GADMA and the pro-path platforms of Manacor and Pollença denounced in a statement that "15 years have passed since these rulings, and in that time, different mayors have held office at Sineu City Hall, and none of them has done anything to reopen the path."

Therefore, they are calling on the mayor of Sineu, Tomeu Mulet, "to enforce the ruling as soon as possible" so that residents can enjoy "another path that has been usurped for years." They also encourage all residents of towns with closed paths to demand their reopening from their town councils. "There's no need to be afraid to report it. On our island, there are nearly 200 public paths that have been usurped by shameless owners. We're trying to recover them because they're part of our culture and also because they've created a large part of our history," they encourage.

For his part, Mulet assured ARA Baleares that "the City Council's technical and legal services will check the rulings and, if they determine that the path is publicly owned, everything possible will be done to open it." "We must take all the necessary steps correctly, and if there's a ruling that says it must be opened, our job will be to ensure this moves forward, always with respect for the residents," he emphasized. Along the same lines, he explained that "if it is determined that it should be opened," the Sineu City Council will study the path's former route. "It would be a task we should undertake with the mayor of Costitx," he said.

The mayor of Costitx, Antoni Salas, supported Mulet and assured the ARA Baleares (Balearic Association) that "if the courts determine that the path should be opened," they will support the Sineu City Council, even if the crossing is not within their municipal boundaries. Regarding the option of studying its original route (if the courts declare it public), he assured that the coastal council will collaborate with the Sineu Council, "always respecting the powers" of the municipal institution he directs.

GADMA and the pro-path platforms of Pollença and Manacor have used the case to attack Fodesma (a public entity of the Consell de Mallorca dedicated to heritage conservation) for, according to the entities, having compiled a catalog of the island's public paths without cataloging all of them (although some have). For this reason, they insist on asking the mayors and politicians of the affected municipalities "to take a step forward and act for the good of the inhabitants of Mallorca."