Mértola: City Council committed to the Guadiana River dredging.
The competition of the Guadiana river dredging process, the section between Alcoutim and Pomarão, up will be made at the end of 2018, an investment 870 thousand euros.
The Municipality of Mértola is committed to the dredging work of the river to Mértola is a reality soon, after the Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, announced in Vila Real de Santo António, contests to advance to the navigability from Alcoutim to Pomarão.According to the Journal “lower Guadiana”, the competition for the most expensive work announced by the sea minister concerns the navigability from Alcoutim to Pomarão. No date for closed already for the launch of the competition, Ana Paula Vitorino assured that it will take place "by the end of 2018", an investment 870 thousand euros.
It is recalled that at the end of the year 2017 under the project "Guadiana: Natural Heritage Navigable », the Marine, through the Hydrographic Institute with a water brigade, He held a top-hydrographic survey on the Guadiana River, between Alcoutim and Pomarão.
This project was, precisely, aimed at rehabilitation of the Guadiana River navigation in the international section, as well as the existing port infrastructure on both sides, and the respective access, in order to increase safety of navigation, which provides the development of recreational and tourist activities.
