Express brigade relaunched

THE new mayor of Palma has announced plans to reinstate the ‘express brigade’ to solve any maintenance problems located throughout the city in less than 72 hours.

Jaime Martínez aims to offer residents a “fast and effective” tool to remedy any minor infrastructure deficiencies detected in their neighbourhoods by recovering the service that was initially launched by former Mayor Mateo Isern but which had been abandoned over the last several years.

The exact functioning of the service has yet to be de­ fined, but Sr Martínez’s idea is for residents who find a fault that is relatively quick and easy to solve, such as lumps in the road, faulty street lighting or broken street furniture, to be able to call a direct telephone number and report the problem.

A council team would then repair the fault within a maximum of three days, according to town hall sources.

Another idea is for residents to report faults by sending a photograph with their mobile phone along with the location of the problem.

The overall aim, according to the same sources, is to use municipal resources “in a more efficient manner.”