Andrew Ede

2 weeks ago | majorcadailybulletin.com | Andrew Ede

Camp de Mar. Andratx Monday forecast - Sunny, a light breeze and a high of 24C | Photo: Toni Diez There are alerts for heavy rain for parts of the mainland on Monday and Tuesday, Valencia and Catalonia included, but absolutely no sign of that weather drifting across to the Balearics. Monday another fine and sunny day, temperatures ranging from 23 to 30C.

2 weeks ago | majorcadailybulletin.com | Andrew Ede

C. Sant Miquel | Photo: Alejandro Sepúlveda Heat maps of pedestrian traffic in Palma indicate that some 75,000 people can pass through the Intermodal Station each day and that 25,000 walk along the Passeig Born and the C. Sant Miquel, two of the city's main shopping streets. Data from various sources, e.g. GPS and commercial transactions, go towards the compiling of these heat maps.

2 weeks ago | majorcadailybulletin.com | Andrew Ede

The president of the Council of Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, says traffic jams and accidents have been reduced where actions have been taken; technical reports indicate this. He adds that the Council will continue to work in making further improvements. "More plans have been created in two years than in eight (a reference to the previous two administrations of the left coalition). We are developing a 164 million euro plan for the entrances to Palma.

2 weeks ago | majorcadailybulletin.com | Andrew Ede

Around three years ago, a petition was raised demanding an end to a squat in Puerto Alcudia that is at a one-time tennis and squash centre. On the main Carretera Arta road through the resort, the image this gives is deplorable. Nothing ever came of the petition. The units by the old courts used to include a bar, the local lottery office and a gestor's office. These all closed some years ago. The tennis courts themselves haven't been used for at least ten years. The sense of abandonment is total.

2 weeks ago | majorcadailybulletin.com | Andrew Ede

The price of basic items has been rising significantly for five years | Photo: Gemma Andreu Cost of living, access to housing, overtourism; these are the three issues that cause the most worry for the people of the Balearics according to a survey by the Balearic Institute of Social Studies. The number one issue is cost of living, 84% of those surveyed having said this was of great concern.