The Office of Mobility of the Consell de Formentera reports that Wednesday 3 May, the summer schedule begins at metred parking areas in La Savina, Sant Francesc, Sant Ferran and Es Pujols. Metred hours will be from Monday to Sunday from 9.00am to 9.00pm.

Blue zone parking passes will be valid for all blue zones on the island. Motorists who are not eligible for discounts will have to pay €1.20 an hour, while residents with valid subsidies will be able to obtain their tickets free of charge.

In summer, parking passes entitle holders to park in the blue zone for a maximum of one day, instead of three days as in winter. As for the green zone, authorised vehicles of Formentera residents can be parked for up to one day in summer, except for accredited residents of La Savina, who can park their vehicles for up to fifteen days, as in winter.

For more information, please visit http://www.zonablava.com.

29 April 2023
Office of Communication
Consell de Formentera

Today the Office of Mobility of the Consell de Formentera introduced expanded service on bus lines L1, L2 and L3 and initiated service on lines L5 and L7. The Fair Bus (Bus Fira) will offer bus service when the La Mola market starts next Wednesday, 3 May.

Residents and visitors alike ride for free, except on lines L3 and L6, which access Ses Illetes Park. The Consell de Formentera contributes €625,000 to subsidise bus tickets.

28 April 2023
Office of Communication
Consell de Formentera

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The Office of Mobility of the Consell de Formentera is pleased to report that the formentera.eco website was activated yesterday, Monday 27 February, regulating vehicles that are brought and driven on the island from 1 June to 30 September.

Said Rafael González, mobility councillor, "Requesting authorisation is simple, the service works like a booking website." Visitors must pay a fee to drive on the island during the regulatory dates. The rate in 2023 will be: €6/day for passenger cars (€30 minimum) and €3/day for motorcycles (€15 minimum).

Pending definitive approval of the updated rate, motorists will continue to pay the rate from 2022, namely, €3/day for cars (€15 minimum) and €1.50/day for motorcycles (€7.50 minimum). The updated 2023 rate, initially approved at the January plenary assembly, is now in a period of public consultation. Definitive approval and entry in force of the new rate is expected in April, and thereafter motorists must pay that rate.

Cap on vehicles
This summer will mark the fifth year of formentera.eco. As set out at the start of the legislature, the ceiling on vehicles will be reduced 16% compared to the pre-regulatory period. The total number of passenger cars and motorcycles for visitor and rental vehicles will be capped at 10,458.

Councillor González gave a positive assessment of the four years of regulation. During that time, traffic has fallen 8.5% from the historical maximum and, from 2021 to 2022, the average length of tourist stays went from 3.5 days to 5.4 and the portion of single-day visits fell from 40% to 27% of all requests. In addition, cycling and taxi use has increased and public transport ridership has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Hence, the councillor concluded that "we have laid the foundations for the path forward and must continue working to reduce the number of cars on our roads."

28 February 2023
Office of Communication
Consell de Formentera

The Office of Mobility of the Consell de Formentera is pleased to report that the access barriers of the car park under Plaça d'Europa in Es Pujols will be reactivated from Monday 20 February.

The barriers were left open last summer following a serious incident at the access control and payment machines. Due to the lack of supplies, the incident could not be resolved until today. Once resolved, the parking lot will resume normal operations on Monday 20 February. A second payment machine will be installed this year to avoid a recurrence of the incident.

Car park users will have to stop by the office to purchase or renew subscriptions. Users who had subscriptions at the time of the incident have the option of requesting a new subscription for the period of time they were unable to use the service or a refund of the money for the days for which the service was not provided as agreed. Some of the regular users have already requested one of the two options.

The office is open Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 2.00pm. From 20 to 24 February, it will also open afternoons from 4.00pm to 6.00pm to handle the expected increase in requests.

15 February 2023
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera