Water is a tourism potential that Mondim de Basto wants to develop and, to this end, it will invest 3.4 million euros in the execution of two projects to enhance the banks of the Tâmega, Cabril and Cabrão rivers.
“Water is a tourist potential that we want to develop, but do it in a way that is, on the one hand, sustainable, creating conditions for visits and safety, and at the same time opening up all this heritage to all who visit it. wants to visit us, integrating it into our strategy to promote nature tourism, taking advantage of our natural resources”the president of the Chamber of Mondim de Basto, Bruno Ferreira, declared today to the Lusa agency.
This Wednesday, a decree was published in the Official Gazette, signed by the Undersecretary of State and Budget, which authorizes the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) to assume multi-year commitments and carry out the respective division of burdens related to the implementation of the Plan. valorization of the banks of the Tâmega River and the Cabril River.
The value of this intervention amounts to 2.9 million euros and, in August, an investment of around half a million euros was announced in the enhancement of the Cabrão River waterfalls, also in that municipality of the Vila Real district. . The two projects will be financed by the Environmental Fund.
“This is the largest investment in the rehabilitation of the banks of our rivers, and we are talking about the Tâmega and Cabril rivers, but also the Cabrão, which will allow better conditions to visit these spaces and at the same time will create conditions for the inhabitants of Mondinense and those who visitors can enjoy these spaces safely,” highlighted the mayor.
In the project that covers the Tâmega and Cabril rivers, a pedestrian path will be created that will connect the two rivers, with the creation of two leisure areas in each, which will include sports equipment and a grab bar. In the Tâmega there will also be conditions for canoeing and rafting.
According to the ordinance, the Tâmega River “constitutes a differentiating asset for the municipality of Mondim de Basto, both in natural and heritage, cultural, landscape and socioeconomic terms.”
“It is also a fundamental and structuring component of an immense biological diversity, a ‘habitat’ of multiple faunal species, which integrates diverse flora and vegetation and is essential for the entire existing riverine ecosystem and for the maintenance of the ecological quality of the territory,” he adds. the orderly
The project announced for the Cabrão River aims to requalify the area, create walking trails and promote local biodiversity. It also includes the creation of walkways, installation of interpretive signage and the creation of rest areas.
The waterfall is located in the Alvão Natural Park (PNA), in the parish of Bilhó and flows down the Cabrão River forming several lagoons, and there are also old water mills there. This river flows into Cabril, which is a tributary of the Tâmega.
“We are talking about opening the rivers to all those people who want to visit us, taking advantage of the natural beauty they have along this entire route,” highlighted Bruno Ferreira.
Source: Observadora
