Beja: Holes "Road Salvada" cause damage to vehicles.
Several holes in the floor at City Road (IN) 511, known as "Road Salvada", at the entrance of the Estate of Hawks, about what 6 miles of Beja, They are causing damage to vehicles of road users.
The situation recurs every year, during this time of year, when runs the campaign of olive picking.
A EM 511 It serves two rural parishes most populous county, in which much of its inhabitants work in the city, Rescued / Quintos and Gorda, and the area damaged more is next `entry of agricultural property that has what is considered as one of the largest mills in the world, who is no stranger his name, Olivomundo.
Accidents have occurred during the day and also at night, or by crossing vehicles on site or by water "patch" the holes, which leads drivers to go through the same, busting tires, damaging the wheels, suspensions and directions of vehicles.
Source Territorial Command Beja GNR, revealed to Lidador News (LN) in the last days "to take account of events, patrols were called four times by the local drivers, to take account of events, so those can formalize participation ", justified.
The holes and other damage to the EM511 are caused by too much traffic of heavy goods vehicles, 30 a 40 tons, loaded in bulk or olive oil, Verify a bustle input and output on the farm.
Paul Arsenio, Mayor of Beja, the municipality is aware of the situation and that "we have covered the holes with clay, so let the rain put masses mass asphalt ", adding that the city council "we have not received citizen complaints, but we believe that they can get: The place we trigger safe ", justified.
The mayor argued that the placement of a cover with tar 7/8 cm "does not solve the problem", arguing that "is not provided for any fund intervention, up costing a few million euros ", completing the thought solution is to "put slabs in the mill area", finished.
Early 2020, the local authority will meet with the owner of the estate and "find alternative access to the mill by other means and ultimately limit the number of trucks and tonnage of the same".
Despite complaints from the EM511 users, particularly in social networks, LN found that by the Salvada of Parish / Quintos and Gorda, there is no official protest to demand the intervention of the local authority in the road repair.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
