The Bus-VAO lane in Mallorca continues to generate a political war. The Consell de Mallorca assures, based on the report “Considerations on the implementation of the Bus-VAO on the MI-19 motorway”, prepared by the technicians of the Department of Territory, Mobility and Infrastructures of the Consell de Mallorca, that the existing Bus-VAO lane is considered a specialised lane that cannot be installed on motorways or highways and is therefore illegal. This was explained by Fernando Rubio, Conseller de Territori, Mobilitat i Infraestructuras of the Consell.<\/p>\n
Shortly after his statements, the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda itself reiterated that the Bus-VAO lane is legal and that, according to the regulations, what the Consell says does not follow at all.<\/p>\n
However, the Consell held an extraordinary press conference to “affirm and reaffirm” its thesis. “We are here to fix a chaos, a work that does not conform to road regulations. And this is what the Consell’s technicians say, it is not the opinion of the Partido Popular”.<\/p>\n
To this end, he again cited the section of the Ministry’s regulations that has created this confusion. This is the last paragraph of point 8.9.2 which states: “Bus-VAO lanes will generally be established on urban and peri-urban sections using a platform (newly created lane) located in the median of a motorway or more often of a dual carriageway or a lane specifically for such use. Usually, the reversible type (lane that opens by the hour) will be used”.<\/p>\n
Fernando Rubio added that “we consider that, with the information available to us, it is more than urgent to initiate the procedures for the removal of the Bus-VAO lane, which we will do in the next few days by submitting the application to the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT)”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"