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Topic: Rua Alves Correia

Posted By: cubsur
Subject: Rua Alves Correia
Date Posted: 26/February/2021 at 08:50

Pictures courtesy of Bob D. Many of you will know this street. Being dug up ready for repaving and officially becoming a pedestrian only street. It has though been blocked off to cars for several years.

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Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 26/February/2021 at 12:03

Does that mean more calçadas? I find the white ones slippery after they have been worn down for a few years. Came a cropper a couple of times on the slope outside Casa Da Font on the way back from Tunes.

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 26/February/2021 at 15:17

Jock wrote:

Does that mean more calçadas? I find the white ones slippery after they have been worn down for a few years. Came a cropper a couple of times on the slope outside Casa Da Font on the way back from Tunes.

Probably. I also don't like the calçada, a minefield when wet and especially after a few ales. I shall find out what's going on, maybe Sunday.

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Posted By: bob d
Date Posted: 26/February/2021 at 23:35

A treacherous journey home from a popular ale house on a wet winters night me thinks.

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Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 27/February/2021 at 10:56

Guilty as charged.

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Posted By: pyrman
Date Posted: 27/February/2021 at 14:00

Dont know if you have done any of the video walks for Balneario Camboriu, Santa Catarina, Brazil .. but their calcadas are much nicer, pretty patterns .. and flatter .. here`s one

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 28/February/2021 at 14:06

A bit more than just repaving by the look of it. Some big holes being dug for water and drainage I think. Probably connected with the seriously large holes and pipes near the pier. People were working down there today. Road is completely blocked, taking advantage no doubt of the shutdown. Pictures taken during today's exercise period.

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Posted By: AJSUGGY
Date Posted: 01/March/2021 at 15:15

on the Webb camera I can see they are also doing work between the Fisherman's and Peneco beach where the sewer out flow is. They seem to be putting concrete tubing in to take it further out to sea. Many years ago there was a cast iron pipe doing that, but you only knew it was there an low tide.

Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 02/March/2021 at 08:09

Yes there was a pipe under the beach, but it was destroyed in a storm. For a long time there has been just the opening of the tunnel with a grate to stop dead cats etc being washed onto the beach. I will have a closer look soon.

There was a similar installation at Inatel, but that too didn't last long.

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Posted By: AJSUGGY
Date Posted: 02/March/2021 at 09:23

Thanks Cubsur for the info, I often wondered what had happened to it, Whilst I am writing about the beach do you know how high they raised the sand level a few years ago when they dredged the sand from out in the bay? as I remember at high tide to get from Peneco to fisherman's you had to go via the small tunnel which is now closed off.

Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 05/March/2021 at 15:44

The holes are very big now!

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 08/March/2021 at 13:23

Holes bigger still and some big pipes now being laid. Pictures taken 1215ish Monday 8th.

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 19/March/2021 at 15:16

Some mighty big holes there earlier today!

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 28/March/2021 at 15:19

Some serious excavations and stuff being laid in today.

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Posted By: bebop
Date Posted: 28/March/2021 at 20:05

Cubsur, thanks for updates. I remember patiently queueing up along that street in taxi rank many an evening!!
That poor man has quite a minefield to get through with his messages in the last pic😉

Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 29/March/2021 at 09:32

Several people were seen to be tip toeing through the site. No work was under way, it being a Sunday. Big holes everywhere, no élf ´n´safety concerns here.

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Posted By: pyrman
Date Posted: 29/March/2021 at 14:21

Any chance they could finish it like this .. ?

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 30/March/2021 at 09:41

Fat chance of anything so elegant here. And probably no soon as that and the related work been finished then it will be dug up again for some purpose.

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 04/April/2021 at 16:16

Looked a real mess today!

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The other end is this now very big hole near the pier.

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 12/April/2021 at 16:25

Most of the holes have been filled in now. Large piles of stones and sand are being delivered to resurface the roads.

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And down at the pier end

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 19/April/2021 at 10:13

The area is starting to get back into shape, with the calçada being laid down and most of the big holes now filled in.

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Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 19/April/2021 at 10:52

Carlos from the Viking will be pleased, perhaps.

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 19/April/2021 at 12:14

Let's hope it's finished before they are thinking to open up again early in May. In theory Sherry's could be open now for the outside tables, but with nobody about not worth it.

I forget to mention that the road outside Inatel is still blocked. No driving that way across town until whenever.

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Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 19/April/2021 at 14:08

That and the work on Rua Alves Correia must be a problem for the Giro buses. Rerouted presumably.

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 29/April/2021 at 08:36

Most will soon be finished. Pictures taken Wednesday afternoon, April 28th

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The big hole by the pier is not far off completion.

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Posted By: Jock
Date Posted: 29/April/2021 at 12:30

Some obvious drainage improvements there.

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 29/April/2021 at 18:59

Jock wrote:

Some obvious drainage improvements there.

and much needed.

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 03/May/2021 at 10:44

Nearly done, the important part anyway.

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 09/May/2021 at 17:39

All done, except for the pedestrian street down to the square and (I hope) to put the bus shelter back.

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Posted By: cubsur
Date Posted: 22/May/2021 at 17:23

All done. The bus stop and seat are back but not yet the shelter.

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