RUA 1º DEZEMBRO CLOSED

New water mains are being laid. The bottom end near the statue is closed. Cars are diverted around by Merlin's Bar into the old town and then along Rua de Outubro.

Local buses, the red bus tour and tourist transfer coaches cannot go that way so the stop by the statue is not being used. Also the stop on Rua Coronel Aguas near the Rocamar hotel is also out of use. Nearest alternative bus stop for GIRO is up the road in Avenida do Ténis by the roundabout.

No idea how long this will last but it is a big trench!

This morning. Not exactly a hive of activity, but the big yellow one was backfilling the top end of the main trench while two blokes were discussing what to do at the other end. Seems they have broken a water pipe in one place. The big black one is definitely a dran and there are all sorts being laid alongside.

During the roadworks, I now know that GIRO Linha Vermelha 2 is not serving the stops outside the Boavista Hotel, at the old Cemetery and Rua Coronal Aguas. Instead it is going direct from Jardim 1 to the stop in Avenide do Ténis. It will appear at that latter stop about 2 minute earlier than 'usual'.  This has of course not been announced in any way I have seen.

So far as I know Linha Vermelha 1 is still making the double circuit to stop at the Boavista and Cemetery but nothing stopping at Rua Coronal Aguas.

"Think it might go down to the Marina but not sur"

It does, or did anyway! After Boavista it stops at the old cemetery as usual, turns down the hill all the way to the marina, back up the main road to the Dolpins, past Jardim 1 for a second time before cutting through that narrow little street just beyond and back onto the normal route at the Avenida do Tênis stop.