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On August 12, the Minister of Environment and Climate Action, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, visited the works of the “Emergency Reinforcement of the Cordão Dunar Section south of Esporão nº 5 from Cova Gala and between Esporão n” .º 2 and Esporão No. 3", in the municipality of Figueira da Foz, accompanied by the Mayor of Figueira da Foz, Carlos Monteiro, the President of the Board of Directors of the Port of Figueira da Foz, Fátima Lopes Alves, and the Vice-President of the Portuguese Environment Agency, Pimenta Machado.

The sands from the maintenance dredging of the Figueira da Foz Port bar are being used to reinforce the dune cordon in the most critical areas, in an extension of 400m and an estimated maximum volume of 160,000 m3, through the recharge of sand with repulsion direct by piping on the emerged beach and its spreading.

The sands are provided free of charge by the Administration of the Port of Figueira da Foz, under the terms of the protocol signed last May, between the APA, CMFF and APFF.

The intervention began on the 27th of July, with an execution period of 1 month, budgeted at around €1,100,000.00 and with funding guaranteed through the Technical and Financial Collaboration Protocol between the APA-Agência Portuguesa for the Environment, the Municipality of Figueira da Foz and the Administration of the Port of Figueira da Foz.

The Port of Figueira da Foz will thus continue to cooperate in coastal erosion mitigation processes with institutions with competence in this matter, in order to guarantee the safety of people and goods.

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