The
Ministerio de Fomento has projected
an extension to the airport to permit the transit of 5 million passengers
in 2015, a figure which will mean the duplication of present movement.
According to the
GOB, this extension
will represent a greater pressure from tourism, building and on the natural
resources. The ecologists believe that the project to extend the airport
terminal will make it impossible to carry out the territorial model adopted
by the island of Menorca with the
Pla
Territorial Insular. In view of these facts, the GOB has announced
that it will appeal to the European Commission and to the administrative
or judicial entities that may be necessary, to stop Menorca from being
condemned to follow in the steps of other destinations of tourist massification.
UPDATE (18/12/2003): the GOB has organised a demonstration that will be held on Saturday, December 20, at 5 p.m., in the Esplanada square in Maó, to protest
against the enlargement of the Airport and request reduced fares for residents.
