Health centre plans unveiled

including 24 GP surgeries, 10 for paediatric medicine and nursing, two physiotherapists and two dentists, among other specialities.

In addition, the new centre will have an underground car park for 60 vehicles and the future construction of the train/tram station nearby will also make access easi­

Builders wanted

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YOUNG students in Mallorca can now travel for free on public transport.

CONSTRUCTION: Is suffering through lack of workers.

PROPERTY developers in the Balearic Islands are desperate to find construction workers.

The regional Builders’ Association has issued an urgent call for qualified and non­qualified workers, as “we can’t even find labourers” in the words of president Fanny Alba.

An estimated 15,000 construction workers of different specialities and ranks are currently needed on the islands according to the sector association, prompting Sra Alba to declare that “we cannot understand how, in a country with three million people unem­ ployed, most sectors cannot find employees.” er. Construction work is expected to begin this year and will take up to two years to complete, with the total budget for the project set at €10 million.

The association last week presented the balance sheets for 2022 and their predictions for this year, which in addition to the chronic shortage of workers also highlighted the “impossibility” of building affordable housing on the islands due to the lack of land.

In this sense, the association criticised the declassification of land previously classed as suitable for construction, suggesting the housing shortage will force a change to height restrictions in certain areas.

Manacor Mayor Miquel Oliver visited the site this week to present the project, declaring that “Manacor needed this health centre” and thanking the medical