Lift linking Maó town and port to be opened this year

Port. The site in Moll de Llevant where the panoramic lift will be installed

C.M.W.Maó26/04/10 0:00

The Mayor of Maó, Vicenç Tur, announced last week that the next project to ensure that the cliffs in the port of Maó are safe and the installation of a lift linking the port and town will be carried out at the same time at an overall cost of 700,000 euros.

The section of cliff in question, on plots 269 and 270 Moll de Llevant has a budget of 380,000 euros for the work which is expected to take eleven weeks to complete. Permissions are still awaited for the project which will be executed after summer has finished so as not to interfere with the tourist season. A further 120,000 euros will be spent this year on smaller projects to strengthen other parts of the cliff face in the case of emergency action being needed.

At the same time the panoramic lift will be installed on land ceded to the Council by the owner of the restaurant which formerly occupied the plot. The project to install the lift will cost 340,000 euros and should be completed within two months. Again, the work will start after the tourist season so the lift should be completed this year.