Albufeira's Forum : MARINA PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION http://www.albufeira.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 22 May 2013 00:47:15 +0000 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:11:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.15 360 www.albufeira.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5921 <![CDATA[Albufeira's Forum]]> http://www.albufeira.com/_img/Albufeira-Com_Forum_300pxW.png http://www.albufeira.com/forum/ <![CDATA[MARINA PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION : And the Great Wall of Albufeira...]]> http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post76357.html#76357 Author: cubsur
Subject: 5921
Posted: 20/March/2013 at 16:11

And the Great Wall of Albufeira now looks even worse!



and behind it is well on the way to becoming a mosquito infested swamp.

]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:11:21 +0000 http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post76357.html#76357 <![CDATA[MARINA PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION : Just been for a necessary bit...]]> http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post76355.html#76355 Author: cubsur
Subject: 5921
Posted: 20/March/2013 at 16:07

Just been for a necessary bit of exercise down that way. Since I was last there someone has recycled (nicked) most of the fence around what were the site offices. The buildings themselves have been totally vandalised.



]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:07:32 +0000 http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post76355.html#76355 <![CDATA[MARINA PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION : Wow, I cant believe development...]]> http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post75917.html#75917 Author: Phantom
Subject: 5921
Posted: 09/March/2013 at 17:33

Wow, I cant believe development of this area has just ceased.
It could have had a lot of potential for the area if it was completed properly!

It saddens me how bad Portugal is being effected by the recession and their governments debt burdens. I really hope it doesn't end up having such a negative impact it sets the country back years and people simply stop visiting for holidays :(
]]> Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:33:01 +0000 http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post75917.html#75917 <![CDATA[MARINA PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION : Funnily enough I went in one yesterday...]]> http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post75872.html#75872 Author: cubsur
Subject: 5921
Posted: 08/March/2013 at 10:37

Funnily enough I went in one yesterday to see if I could find a big envelope (I couldn't, a first! Something a chinese shop didn't sell.) and in the doorway was a big box of umbrellas and two pairs of wellie type boots.
]]> Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:37:45 +0000 http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post75872.html#75872 <![CDATA[MARINA PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION : I bet that wellies can now be...]]> http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post75858.html#75858 Author: J2me
Subject: 5921
Posted: 07/March/2013 at 22:54

I bet that wellies can now be found for sale in the chinese shops........Approve
]]> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:54:06 +0000 http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post75858.html#75858 <![CDATA[MARINA PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION : Even sadder now after all this...]]> http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post75809.html#75809 Author: cubsur
Subject: 5921
Posted: 07/March/2013 at 07:38

Even sadder now after all this rain, even from up here! If it stops for long enough within the next couple of days I will see if I can get some pictures of the swamp. I can hardly even see it at the moment!
]]> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:38:23 +0000 http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post75809.html#75809 <![CDATA[MARINA PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION : cubsur wrote:A few months later...]]> http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post75804.html#75804 Author: Walrus
Subject: 5921
Posted: 06/March/2013 at 23:32

Originally posted by cubsur cubsur wrote:

A few months later and the placed is still blighted. How can those responsible at local, regional and national level be content to see the whole place falling into ruination like this?

Any first time visitor to the Algarve would be forgiven if they thought they had gone back to the Costas in the 1970's with its half built Algerian Ruins. (http://www.edhat.com/html/monty_python_spain.html) and this is just one small area of one town.

What a sight to greet them!

Anyway, here's the depressing series of pictures from the wasteland I can see from my window here. Taken Tuesday afternoon, 15th January.

http://sdrv.ms/13CwtOA

At least someone get a few big blokes and a truck and swipe the kerbstones for someone's drive.
Makes for sad viewing Unhappy
]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:32:54 +0000 http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post75804.html#75804 <![CDATA[MARINA PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION : A few months later and the placed...]]> http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post74374.html#74374 Author: cubsur
Subject: 5921
Posted: 16/January/2013 at 13:28

A few months later and the placed is still blighted. How can those responsible at local, regional and national level be content to see the whole place falling into ruination like this?

Any first time visitor to the Algarve would be forgiven if they thought they had gone back to the Costas in the 1970's with its half built Algerian Ruins. (http://www.edhat.com/html/monty_python_spain.html) and this is just one small area of one town.

What a sight to greet them!

Anyway, here's the depressing series of pictures from the wasteland I can see from my window here. Taken Tuesday afternoon, 15th January.

http://sdrv.ms/13CwtOA

At least someone get a few big blokes and a truck and swipe the kerbstones for someone's drive.
]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:28:36 +0000 http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post74374.html#74374 <![CDATA[MARINA PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION : Avril wrote:Sonae Group,...]]> http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post72589.html#72589 Author: cubsur
Subject: 5921
Posted: 23/October/2012 at 18:02

Originally posted by Avril Avril wrote:

Sonae Group, which owns the Continente hypermarket brand, is preparing to invest “several million euros” in tourist projects in the Lagos area, with the main focus being the completion of two unfinished apartment towers in Ponta da Piedade.

Just read this in the resident. Maybe they'll also buy up unfinished things in Albufeira like the Crown Plaza Development, wouldnt that be good?


Where will they get the money from? The taxes they are not paying the Portuguese government more than likely!

Anyway, I went for a bit of a walk around the marina area this afternoon, partly to test the war wound and partly as I hadn't been down there for a good while. I was struck by the growing difference between the reasonably well presented and active marina area and the increasingly desolate appearance of the area around it.

It's hard to believe that even 25 or 30 years ago this was an area of smallholdings where people worked for a living. The old properties are all now abandoned and falling into ruin. The area that was to have been the second phase of the marina and the associated facilities is now a dusty or muddy wasteland according to season.

There's enough stuff been abandoned or dumped to pave several driveways or footpaths, drainpipes, ducting and stuff. Some is just dumped



Some has been left neatly stacked for over a year now



If you would like to see the other more general pictures I took, follow this link

http://sdrv.ms/RiCXLO
]]> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:02:33 +0000 http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post72589.html#72589 <![CDATA[MARINA PHASE 2 CONSTRUCTION : A big miss for the Marina Administration...]]> http://www.albufeira.com/forum/marina-phase-2-construction_topic5921_post67871.html#67871 Author: Orada-man
Subject: 5921
Posted: 09/June/2012 at 11:29

A big miss for the Marina Administration and the area in general was that Pingo Doce were involved in a €4m deal for the site behind the Giro bus stop.
 
The deal was progressing when the Marina Administration decided they wanted €6m so Pingo Doce backed out. The short sightedness on the Portuguese as regards the end game never ceases to amaze me.
 
This story was from a good source but never seen it published.
 
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