Drainage improvements

Work is well under way. One of the most obvious signs is the worksite by the escalators. Six months project due to end late June.

This poster explains all. I will try to get a better copy at the weekend.

The red line marks the course of the new drain to take the river from outside the health centre, through the hill more or less under Oceanville, across the main road near the traffic lights at the top end of Avenida do Ténis, then under the rest of Avenida do Ténis and coming out near the marina below the old cemetery.

The yellow line is the existing river tunnel under the old town. This will be intercepted near the square and channelled into the new capture by the escalators that's under construction behind the fences. Various thin lines show existing and new drains to join up with it.

Yes I read of a substantial cash input from central government after the floods a couple of years ago and those very destructive events in 2015.

The whole project is costing around €4 million and will take another two years to complete.

Looks like they are now putting the 'lid' onto the huge chamber excavated by the pier.

The earler stages of construction revealed some of the old layers dating back perhaps to the time when this was the river.

11 months since work began, The big hole near the pier is now covered. Work continues nearby big new stormwater drain is being laid under 'Bar Street'.

Granfinus is open as they have doors on the other side, but as you say the others are all inaccessible. Better than being flooded I suppose.

The green ducts are for the fibre-optic telecoms cables now being laid all over town.

Finished in 'Bar Street' and now working in the square outside the Soares off-licence.