Kristin? The works in the GNR of Leiria, Alvaiázere and Castanheira de Pera advance

Aworks at the Territorial Command of Leira and at the posts of Alvaiázere and Castanheira de Pera of the Republican National Guard (GNR), which suffered damage due to the depression Kristin, will advance after the assignment of the works today.

The interventions are financed by the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration under inter-administrative contracts concluded with the Inter-municipal Community (CIM) of the Region of Leiria and GNR, and are advanced under the exceptional regime of post-storm public procurement Kristin.

The signing of the consignee documents for the recovery of cover and requalification of those three buildings, for a total amount of up to EUR 875,000, took place today in Pombal, following the meeting of the CIM Intermunicipal Council.

On the occasion, the president of the CIM, Jorge Vala, said, comes to an end a chapter that allowed “to find a solution of facilitation so that the works” in those GNR spaces “could happen more quickly”.

“ Knowing and knowing this ease of finding solutions from the mayors, the Ministry of Internal Administration agreed to transfer values so that we can achieve this project ", said Jorge Vala.

Referring to the fact that the CIM is not only “an entity for consultation”, but “also an executive entity”, Jorge Vala pointed out that the presidents of the ten municipalities that are part of the Intermunicipal Community have the purpose “to make the best happen for the Leiria region”.

The commander of the GNR Territorial Command of Leiria, Col. Brito Sousa, retreated on January 28, the day that the Depression Kristin hit the Region of Leiria.

Recognizing that the storm has brought “many problems”, but also “a sense of opportunity that is now being embodied” in the consignment of the works, Brito Sousa explained that those “were chosen according to gravity”, and “were also subject to the bitterness of time”

“ This conclusion was reached that it would be the appropriate infrastructure to be intervened”, said the commander, who thanked the CIM for the willingness to put “hands to work”.

To the agency Lusa, Colonel Brito Sousa said that in the district of Leiria “there is a set of infrastructure that obviously lacks a requalification that has nothing to do with the consequences of the storm Kristin”.

The territorial commander of Leiria explained that following age and use “there are a number of infrastructures that must be intervened and so expected”.

“They are perfectly identified” and are from the “knowledge of the Guard Command and guardianship and, therefore, is a question after the decision to apply the funds for their recovery,” said Brito Sousa.

The municipalities of Alvaiázere, Ansião, Batalha, Castanheira de Pera, Figueiró dos Vinhos, Leiria, Marinha Grande, Pedrógão Grande, Pombal and Porto de Mós are part of the CIM.

At least 19 people died in Portugal between the end of January and the beginning of March following the passage of the depressions Kristin, Leonardo and Marta, which also made several hundred wounded, displaced and displaced. More than half of the deaths were recorded in recovery work.

The storms, which reached the continental territory for about three weeks, especially in the Central, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo and Alentejo regions, caused the total or partial destruction of thousands of homes, businesses and equipment, the fall of trees and structures, the cutting of energy, water and communications, floods and floods, with losses of more than EUR 5 billion.