MALLORCA TODAY - Proposal for buoys at Punta Avançada

The contractor for the installation of paid-for mooring buoys at Punta Avançada has proposed that there be thirty more buoys for use by residents with a charge of around four euros per day. The proposal has to be agreed by the town hall, while the association for local boat owners continues to reject payment, even at this new lower rate.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Boat users offer to take over moorings at Punta Avançada

Boat users in Puerto Pollensa have proposed that they take over the management of moorings at Punta Avançada in Formentor. This is a solution in response to users' protests over charges having been introduced for moorings in this part of Pollensa bay. The conditions of their doing so would include there no longer being any charges.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Punta Avançada mooring charges to be reduced

The regional government's environment minister, Biel Company, has accepted that recently introduced charges for short-term mooring at Punta Avançada on Formentor are disproportionately high. Following a protest by boat owners in Puerto Pollensa, the minister has accepted that there should be a reduction without specifying what the new charge might be (three to four euros is suggested). Boat owners are still not happy and are considering taking the matter to court.

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MALLORCA TODAY - A hundred boats take part in Punta Avançada protest

The flotilla protest yesterday against the charges for mooring at the Punta Avançada in Formentor attracted over 250 people and 100 boats. Previously free, mooring in the bay will now attract charges that vary according to the size of the boat. That for smallest boats, which had been said was either 11 or 13 euros, will now, according to this report, be 15 euros.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Protest against "privatisation" of the sea in Formentor

A protest flotilla will tomorrow register its discontent with the charging for buoys for boat users at the Punta Avançada in Formentor, a popular bay with both locals and tourists. Buoys have been here before but they were free. Now, for the first time, a private firm will oversee the collection of an eleven euro charge. Opposition parties at Pollensa town hall have approved a motion for a report to be drawn up which will guarantee the free use of the bay.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Protest planned against mooring charge at Punta Avançada

A charge of 11 euros per boat for mooring at the Punta Avançada in Formentor that is set to start at the end of the month is to be met with a flotilla protest by users who say the charge is unjust.

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