The Port of Ibiza’s Botafoc Quays come into service for domestic traffic

The Port of Ibiza’s Botafoc Quays come into service for domestic traffic

Eivissa

01/07/2013

The Port of Ibiza’s new Botafoc Quays came into service today to handle goods vehicles and regular ferry passenger traffic thus complying with the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands’ (APB) commitment to divert heavy port vehicle traffic away from the city centre on 1st July.

 

At 10.30am, passengers on the Baleària line vessel Federico García Lorca coming from Palma, were the first to use the Botafoc Quays’ facilities. The new port facility has a temporary passenger terminal which will provide services for operators and users until the permanent terminal has been built. The Botafoc Quays have a bus service, coach stops, taxi ranks and a pleasure boat service which connects the city centre with this new port area.

 

Fencing removed

 

Implementation of the new quays has immediately freed the Marina area of heavy port vehicle traffic which was one of the main objectives of moving port activities to the Botafoc Quays as well as providing Port of Ibiza users with modern, comfortable, safe facilities. 

 

As a result, work began first thing this morning to remove the Perspex fencing which restricted access to the port’s premises for safety reasons, thus opening up pedestrian access to the quayside. In his blog, José Mª Urrutia, the APB Chairman, assured that “the first of July 2013 is a date which will become a milestone in the Port of Ibiza’s history”. According to Urrutia, when referring to the diversion of port traffic away from the Marina, “this project was urgent and is symbolised today with the long awaited removal of the Perspex fencing”. 

 

Urrutia also justified the move to the Botafoc Quays, whose services for port users are still not 100% ready, by stating that “not using a piece of infrastructure that is finished is not acceptable from an economic and social viewpoint”.