The President of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol, and the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, have signed the general protocol of action to develop the Palma tram project. The text defines the autonomous community as responsible for the development of the project and the Ministry as the financing body, with an approximate cost of 185 million euros for the first section of the tram, which the Ministry undertakes to finance gradually. This is the most expensive section of the project, which, adding the Palma Bay and Son Espases Hospital branches together, involves an investment of approximately 250 million euros.
The works are scheduled to begin in 2023, with a completion period of 40 months. For this 2023, the general state budgets foresee a first allocation of 20 million euros as the first yearly payment, which will allow the works on the first section to be put out to tender. This will be 10.5 km long, with 16 stops between Plaça Espanya and the airport. It will connect Palma’s Llevant neighbourhoods with the centre and will also serve new growth areas, such as Nou Llevant, where innovation projects linked to research, culture and new technologies are also planned. It will improve the connection with the airport, the coastal area and the city centre, and will boost mobility and connectivity for residents and visitors.
From Friday, the trambadia.org website will be available, where details of the project can be consulted.
Palma-airport in 31 minutes
The implementation of the tram will transform the streets through which it will pass, and make them more pedestrian-friendly. It will run on electric power, which will significantly reduce polluting emissions and noise in the city. It will also improve people’s mobility and connectivity, with a frequency of 10 minutes and an expected journey time of 31 minutes.
At the same time, the Department of Mobility and Housing continues to work on the processing of the projects for sections 2 and 3, Platja de Palma and Son Espases, which will complete the tramway route.
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