The Municipality of Beja decided to extend the deadline for the requalification of the Municipal Market of Beja.
The request was submitted by the contractor for the work, Lena Engineering and Construction, S.A., and was discussed at the last meeting of the Executive of the Municipality, its extension having been accepted by 123 days, since October of last year, the deadline has been extended to 3 Feb..
The Executive of the City Council of Beja deliberated, by majority with the abstentions of the councilors of the Unitarian Democratic Coalition and the vote against of the councilor of the Coalition Consigo Beja Consegue, approve this proposal with the favorable votes of the Socialist Party.
Nuno Palma Ferro, councilor elected by the coalition, justified the vote against with the fact that it considers that “the interests of the Municipality are not being defended by not considering that the successful bidder should incur costs for postponements in the price revision act”, concluded. The person elected with the support of the PSD justified that “given the two years of delay of the work, it should have indirect costs, payment of rents to merchants, no value 200.000 euros”, finished.
In December 2021, when the work was inspected and inspected, it was revealed that in view of the foreseeable timetable for the progress of the work, account that the contractor can deliver the equipment to the Municipality by the end of the 3rd quarter of 2022. What didn't happen.
The mayor of Beja revealed at the Executive meeting that “after the approval of the regulation, the municipality will move forward with the resettlement of traders. A company was contracted to develop the project”, concluded.
Market intervention had an initial investment of around 2 million.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
