The president Joan Gual de Torrella visits Minorca
Palma de Mallorca
31/08/2015
The president of the Port Authority of Balearic Islands (PAB), Joan Gual de Torrella, has visited the main authorities of Minorca a few weeks after taking up his position. In fact, the fluid communication with the City Councils of the municipalities where the main harbours lie has been set as a priority. The president has been accompanied by the director of the BPA, Juan Carlos Plaza, and the delegate of the BPA in Minorca, Jesus Fernández. The visit to Minorca has started at Maó City Council, where the authorities have met the mayor Conxa Juanola and the first deputy mayor, Vicenç Tur, responsible of the economic promotion. The president of the PAB has highlighted the importance of the “agreement between all the sectors to define the future of the harbour”. The lines of action will be included in the document of the Demarcation of Port Spaces and Uses in process. Lines of action In the meeting, issues like the activities of the ferries, the promotion of cruises and of the nautical activity have been addressed. Regarding the cruises, the aim of promoting Maó’s harbour to attract smaller boats but with tourists with a higher acquisitive power has been set, an objective which would be compatible with cruises of great length. As for the nautical sector, reference has been made to the need of promoting it making investment from outside the island attractive through the services of boat repairing and with the managing of slips. In fact, the creation of a new nautical facility for large and small yachts is programmed in the area of Cala Figuera, where advantages for residents regarding the assignment of the uses of the spaces and establishments would be considered. A lot has been said also about the work that is going to communicate the harbour and the city and about the two options available: elevator or escalators. According to Joan Gual de Torrella, the council has to choose its preferred option so that the PAB can adapt its compromise of facilitating the access to the city. Visit to the CIME and Es Castell The representatives of the PAB have also visited Minorca Council, where they have met the minister of Culture, Miquel Angel Maria Ballester, and members of his team, given the absence of the president Maite Salord, who was in Palma in a meeting with the presidents of the Insular Councils. The visit to Minorca has concluded at Es Castell City Council, where the representatives of the PAB have been welcomed by its mayor Lluís Camps, with whom they have addressed the projects affecting the municipality.
