The PS will shortly present a proposal in a town hall session so that the Lisbon City Council “reassess the maintenance plans for the main infrastructures and collectors” and the “possible adaptation of the human means of combat” to the floods in the capital.
According to a statement from the socialist councillors, the proposal of the Lisbon City Council (CML) to reassess the maintenance plans of the main infrastructures and collectors foresees the participation of the National Civil Engineering Laboratory (LNEC), at a time when the current climate the reality affects “the whole city” of Lisbon and “not only the waterfront”.
The PS recognizes that the Drainage Plan will adapt the city of Lisbon in a more structural way to the climatic changes experienced, but warns that, by itself, “it does not guarantee that floods will not occur in extreme events” such as Friday night Therefore, Lisbon “must also be prepared in terms of the response capacity of the pumping mechanisms of the road tunnels and the maintenance and preparation of the main infrastructures of the city.”
“Now is the time to make amends. And in this sense, taking into account that the CML approved, more than two months ago, a plan of measures to combat the social effects of inflation, which included 12 million euros to support merchants, and not a single cent arrived to people and companies, it matters that the CML fulfills what it promises”, say the socialist councillors.
For this, they affirm, in one of the two meetings of the Chamber next week (December 12 and 14), the mayor, Carlos Moedas (PSD), “must bring an emergency support plan for immediate support to the people and merchants who suffered serious material damage.” damage during floods.
They recall, by the way, that the precipitation that fell on Friday over the Lisbon metropolitan area registered in a few hours almost a third of the average rainfall values for the month of December, in an “anomalous phenomenon but whose frequency, with the worsening of climate change It will be more and more frequent.
Meanwhile, also in a statement, the PAN came to express, after the floods, its “solidarity” with all the people who were affected by this “extreme phenomenon”, thanking all the professionals who intervened in the rescue operations and that still continue. working to get the city back to “normal”.
The PAN also conveys its condolences to the family of the woman who died on Friday in Algés.
“If there are still doubts regarding climate change, unfortunately this was further proof that we have to be prepared for this type of extreme event, which will be increasingly recurrent and intense. The Drainage Plan cannot be the only solution, a holistic plan is needed for the problem. The new construction should not make the soil even more waterproof, it is necessary to create more green spaces, support constructive solutions with rainwater harvesting and use systems”, defended the PAN, through the voice of the municipal deputy António Morgado Valente.
Source: Observadora
