Figures from the traffic directorate indicate that there were 73 traffic jams on the Andratx-Palma motorway in August. In the same month last year, there were 26.
Most of these jams were due to slow traffic, a majority of them having been in the Bendinat area. The traffic directorate says that the jams usually started around 11am and were then repeated until 8pm.
A few days ago, a traffic data report from the Council of Mallorca pointed to a 14.7% year-on-year increase in the number of vehicles on the Andratx-Palma MA-1.