Councillor Pilar Amate took part in this meeting, during which water management was one of the main topics discussed.
The President of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, accompanied by the Councillor for Economic Promotion and Local Development, Pilar Amate, met with several municipalities that are part of the Commonwealth of the Pla de Mallorca to address various issues affecting the region, including matters related to water management. Among the attendees were the Island Director of Local Development, Juan Antonio Esteban; the President of the Pla de Mallorca Commonwealth, Joana Maria Pascual Sansó; and the Manager of the Commonwealth, Joan Cifre Martínez.
Representing the municipalities were the Mayor of Costitx, Antoni Salas; the Mayor of Lloret de Vistalegre, Sebastià Amengual; the Mayor of Maria de la Salut, Jaume Ferriol; the Mayor of Llubí, Magdalena Perelló; the Councillor of Montüiri, Joan Jaume Roca; and the Councillor from the Porreres Town Hall, Jaume Martorell.
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President Galmés Meets with Municipalities of the Pla de Mallorca Commonwealth to Address Regional Issues
The meeting served to address various important matters affecting the municipalities within this intermunicipal entity, especially issues related to the management of water resources, focusing in particular on the water shortage currently impacting Montüiri and Porreres.
President Galmés expressed “his willingness to collaborate in every possible way to help alleviate this problem, to address the water shortage and improve the quality of the supply affecting some municipalities on the island.”
In this regard, Councillor Pilar Amate recalled that “her Department approved a new call for grants last year aimed at improving infrastructure and services of the island’s commonwealths, which the Pla de Mallorca Commonwealth used to purchase a plot in Sineu to build a potable water regulating reservoir for the Pla de Mallorca area.”
Construction of a Water Reservoir with Support from the Consell
The Consell de Mallorca granted aid amounting to €52,794 to the Pla de Mallorca Commonwealth, which was used to purchase a plot in the Sineu industrial estate for the construction of a water regulating reservoir for the Pla de Mallorca region. In its first phase, this reservoir would be connected to Montüiri.
The amounts allocated for these grants were determined based on the population figures of the municipalities forming part of the commonwealths. The 2024 call for grants has a total budget of €235,000. This grant is awarded every two years, so the next call directed at commonwealths will be published in 2026, coinciding with the Public Works and Services Plan.
Council Grants for the Water Cycle
The Pla de Mallorca Commonwealth comprises 14 municipalities. The grants awarded by the Consell de Mallorca to these municipalities under the 2024 Water Cycle Subsidy Scheme are as follows:
- Algaida: €452,229
- Ariany: €169,230
- Costitx: €169,230
- Lloret de Vistalegre: €169,230
- Llubí: €207,692
- Maria de la Salut: €207,692
- Montüiri: €207,692
- Petra: €276,923
- Porreres: €411,538
- Sant Joan: €207,692
- Santa Eugènia: €230,267
- Sineu: €276,923
- Sencelles: €317,614
- Vilafranca de Bonany: €169,614