6'5 million in infrastructure at the port of Palma
06/08/2008
The PAB has recently completed several projects in the Port of Palma with an overall investment of more than six and a half million euros and that consisted mainly of improvements to port infrastructures for cruise traffic and transport of cargo and passengers.Among the highlights was the new image of the cruise ship boarding lounge of Dique del Oeste. With a budget of close to 340,000 euros, it promotes the islands as a tourist destination with large photographs and also facilitates access for passengers to luggage check-in and public transport services.At Passenger Terminal No. 1 a new mobile walkway was installed, budgeted at about 600,000 euros, to facilitate direct embarkation to ships. At the same time, three new berths were built worth 1,200,000 euros at the far end of the docks of Poniente del Norte y Sur, allowing the extension of their mooring lines.With a budget of nearly three million euros, they have expanded the loading and unloading zones at the Commercial Docks from 20.5 meters to 40 meters. And in improvements to services of regular passenger lines, 173,000 euros have been invested in the repair of the pre-embarkation parking area located between terminals 2 and 3.Finally, with an allocation of about one and a half million euros, the PAB has improved the Services Building, modernizing and facilitating public access to the port police station and other offices, and rehabilitating the old building popularly known as "la Lavendaria de la Tras", to locate there workshops of the PAB.
