Ibiza cycle lane row: party says councillor barred

An Ibiza cycle lane dispute has become a row over who can join talks with neighbours. Unidas Podemos says its councillor Guadalupe Nauda was barred from a meeting about the works on Avenida de Sant Jordi in Eivissa, Ibiza, on 11 November.

The party says neighbours affected by the works had asked for Nauda to attend. She lives in the area and had already met them, offering to help find a solution.

Nauda says she supports cycle lanes and fewer private vehicles, but objects to the scheme going ahead without public input or a proper look at ways to protect trees. Unidas Podemos points to the width of the pavements along this stretch. It wants the council to consider how to keep a safe, continuous cycle lane while saving as many trees as possible and limiting the effect on neighbours.

The party is asking the city government to say who decided Nauda could not enter the meeting and why. It also wants talks with residents and a review of the works before any irreversible changes to the trees.

Topics: Traffic · Politics · Palma

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com