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Six weeks after Storm Kristin, students in Vieira de Leiria continue to face significant educational disruptions, with classes held in makeshift locations including containers and a former mortuary chapel due to ongoing infrastructure repairs.
Portugal needed a plan like the PTRR, not just because of the storms in January and February, but because the country has accumulated structural weaknesses in water, energy, communications, forestry, civil protection, critical infrastructure, and the State's response capacity over decades of underinvestment and a growing erosion of public capital, as detailed in this...
3.2 million euros have already been secured to fund 28 of the 73 projects available on the fundraising platform of the 'Reconstruction of the Country's Central Region' Mission Structure, aimed at rebuilding infrastructure devastated by the series of storms that hit the country. These include public infrastructure, sports and cultural facilities, and fire stations.
The Court of Auditors (which warned us), the former Secretary of State for Health (who has explanations to give), and AHRESP (which dismisses the numbers) are the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
The 3.6 million euro cost of the intervention includes the conversion and expansion works of a warehouse, exterior landscaping, and furniture.
Almost a year after announcing a 12.7 million euro investment in a new multi-purpose pavilion, the municipality of Barcelos has approved the public tender for the design and construction contract during an executive meeting. The future 'Barcelos Arena' multi-purpose facility has a 24-month construction timeline.
Throughout the week, António José Seguro will travel through the central region of the country to show what has and has not been done to resolve the problems caused by the train of storms that destroyed homes, businesses, and infrastructure. Rita Dinis calls this Open Presidency an “active surveillance,” and Paulo Baldaia spoke with the Expresso reporter accompanying the Head of State. This Tuesday, the Prime Minister will go to Belém for the usual Tuesday meeting with the President.
The local authority continues to report “critical situations” regarding the road surface. It states that these may affect “safety standards” and is calling for a “comprehensive corrective intervention”.
The President of the Republic, António José Seguro, stopped this Monday, April 6, to speak with about fifty people demanding the reopening of a section of the N2 national road in Pedrógão Pequeno, promising to raise the matter at his weekly meeting with Prime Minister Luís Montenegro. The President, who is beginning his first 'Open Presidency' tour to assess the impact of recent storms, was met by citizens holding a banner stating that the road is vital for their survival. The tour, which runs until April 10, covers four districts affected by floods and infrastructure damage, aiming to witness the impact of the severe weather firsthand and ensure the state's presence in vulnerable areas.
Road closures, landslides, and flooding: municipalities in the Coimbra region, lacking the financial capacity to repair the damage, intend to present the situation to António José Seguro during the open presidency.
Still recovering from the storms, Leiria has PRR projects that need to be rescheduled.
A section of the EN10-4 in Setúbal, which had been closed for a month and a half, has returned to circulation. In Arrábida, other sections remain closed, with costs amounting to “many hundreds of thousands of euros.”
A study from the University of Minho warns that half of municipal school buildings require urgent intervention. The government has allocated funds for 387, with 1.55 billion euros available until the end of the decade.
The President of the Republic, António José Seguro, visited Alcácer do Sal this morning to check on-site the status of the recovery works following the bad weather that hit the municipality in February.
The Central region has already done its homework and identified the various areas that “are on the verge of having to” withdraw projects from the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) funding, because they will not be ready in time: schools, health centres, housing, business location areas and social equipment from private social solidarity institutions (IPSS), it was revealed...
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The government explains that it is still awaiting the delivery of the designs from Mota Engil, which had to be updated to include an anti-seismic system.
Jorge Vala, president of the Leiria Region Intermunicipal Community, says that public buildings and spaces remain unrecovered. The minister promised updates by the end of the month.
Coimbra City Council to move forward with the architectural project in April. The Judiciary Police (PJ) still lacks a definitive solution for new facilities, and a prison is not a priority for the Government.
The Minister of Health acknowledges that the work could have already been completed: the project faced delays throughout its course, some of which are a consequence of its scale and complexity, she said.
The damages caused by bad weather in Alcácer do Sal have already reached 107 million euros, with the majority, around 80 million, relating to municipal equipment, revealed the deputy mayor, António Grilo, this Friday. 'Of these 107 million that we have calculated, about 80 million relate to the municipality of Alcácer, essentially...'
Coimbra, Soure, Montemor-o-Velho, and Penela were the most affected areas. The Intermunicipal Community (CIM) is proposing 614 million to the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) to restore and modernise the region.
The Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luz, stated in Parliament this Wednesday that the Environmental Report for the future Luís de Camões airport validates the location at the Alcochete Shooting Range. 'The preliminary environmental report is very clear. It is no longer the Independent Technical Commission that you are pointing fingers at. Other entities...'
The mayor states that he is in meetings with the Ministry of Defence to try to define the exact location, with one of the options being to build on the border of the municipality with Portalegre and Fronteira.
The article reports that Infraestruturas de Portugal has successfully resolved over 90% of road closures across the country. This indicates significant progress in restoring transportation infrastructure and improving road accessibility in Portugal.
Former president of the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC) Carlos Matias Ramos considered the project abandoned.
In the APA report, it is explained that the damage recorded in the municipality of Vagos, in built-up areas for public use and enjoyment, was due to coastal overtopping.
The mayor of Leiria, Gonçalo Lopes, presented the estimated costs for the replacement of public and collective infrastructure, which are around one billion euros.
Coimbra City Council has accounted for approximately 15.2 million euros in repairs to municipal facilities affected by severe weather and has also highlighted the need for 29.1 million euros in investment for river regulation.
The mayor of Leiria, Gonçalo Lopes, presented the estimated costs for the restoration of public and collective infrastructure.
