Seixal Collapse Comments Upset Council

In Search of Hope – by Sam Gannon

Seconded to the parish of Tililngdon, the Reverend Dolores has been presented with a challenge.

She’s living in an antiquated house and she’s cold. Furthermore, her new Bishop, Bishop Alice does not approve of ‘showgirls in dog collars.’

Determined to prove the Bishop wrong, she sets about warming her house – who cares if it smells of horse! There is the crochet club, jumble sale, and soup run to organise. And this year, the church bells will ring, no matter what threats are made. Even more so, the newly formed choir will spread a little joy this Christmas, even though they can’t sing – yet! And with a little help from Phil, her bassist, this year could be full of magic.

However, she has a fight on her hands as the townies out in Knob Hill – she must stop calling it that, are trying to stop her from ringing her bells. When Krystal with a K decides to do some volunteer work, Dolores sets out to see just how committed she really is.

Up to her ears in granny squares and squawking choristers, Dolores is revving up for Christmas, yet a deeper darker secret is beginning to emerge!

A secret that could blow the whole parish apart and put Dolores in danger.

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This afternoon, the Porto Moniz City Council expressed “surprise and expectation” in response to statements from the Regional Secretary for Equipment and Infrastructures about the Regional Government’s planned work in Seixal, following the latest collapse.

In a statement, the municipality led by socialist Olavo Câmara says that it has requested an audience with the President of the Regional Government “just over a month after taking office to address, among others, this matter.

“To date, this claim has not been met. In addition, a meeting was requested from the Secretary, who apparently confuses the defence of the population with political demagoguery, and we hope that in the requested meeting we can clarify the issues indicated in the letter in question,” adds the source.

The City Council recalls that the alerts are old; the incidents, too and declares that the claims made publicly are the result of the ineffectiveness of a Government that has been postponing what is essential: the safety of a people who every day move to and from their municipality, using unsafe roads, and are subject to a Russian roulette of falling stones, waiting for another fatality to happen.

The municipality points out that the site has long been considered dangerous. It says the Regional Government had already put forward a well-structured and costed project worth about 5 million euros, with the funds included in multi-year investment plans from 2017 to 2022. But in 2023, without any explanation, this investment vanished from the plans.

“In just one month, there have been two collapses: after the first, the Regional Government declined to step in, citing a supposed lack of funds; after the second, they announced their intervention. “Again,” noted the City Council.

The municipality now hopes “that the Regional Government defines, once and for all, a concrete time window for the execution of the contract and that it is not limited again to the presentation of another project, another study, another investment without any improvement work materialising.”

Samantha Gannon

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