Reopening of the A41 “it’s about time,” says Mayor of Valongo – RTP

 José Manuel Ribeiro also argued that users of the A41 the section that was in the works must be reimbursed for the fees charged by the concessionaire since, unlike the provisions of the law, “there was minimal traffic conditions.”
 

 “It’s about time. Almost 100 days after the appearance of a gigantic hole in the A41, will be reopened at last,” he began by saying the mayor of Valongo.
 

 The dealership announced today that A41, whose floor aluiu the middle of February in Alfena, Valongo municipality, opens in full Saturday. Already tonight the A41 will reopen towards Maia-Privet.
 

 The Mayor of Valongo said that will, along with his counterpart from Maia, request a meeting next week to Ascendi to “define” how will “be reimbursed for the damage.”
 

 “Only after the completion of this long period of work we can assess the impact on the affected routes,” said the mayor, according to which the damage in Valongo amount to “hundreds of thousands of euros.”
 

 At issue are “municipal roads that were damaged by the traffic diversion” what “was a unilateral decision by the Ascendi” and “forced to enormous pressure circulation in no way prepared” for this purpose.
 

 José Manuel Ribeiro also pointed out that “there for almost 100 days lack of minimum conditions of movement in that section” which defends the mayor, contrary to the provisions of the regulatory decree 12/2008 which stipulates the obligations of the operating entities of the roads, where there is place the works on the roads.
 

 “When there is no minimum traffic conditions, users are entitled to reimbursement of the toll,” argues the mayor already in March required the Ascendi a “public apology to the county’s population,” the purpose of the case of pavement subsidence the A41.
 

 Also in March the president of the Chamber Maia demanded the government to determine the immediate suspension of tolls on the section affected by pavement subsidence in the A41 motorway.
 

 Similarly, in April, the president of Valongo Chamber asked the suspension of the collection.
 

 The floor subsidence, which occurred on 12 February, caused the traffic court in the A41, between the nodes of Privet and A3, Privet-airport sense, Maia.
 

 The delay in the resolution of the situation triggered the response of the users as well as pronouncements of authorities and political parties.
 

 The April 4 the Users Group of A41 / Core Privet, municipality Valongo even called a “buzinão” to the vicinity of the works in order to claim the suspension of the payment of tolls and the resolution of the “hole” on the road.
 

 The same group again expressed to May 6 during the visit of Prime Minister Antonio Costa to Ermesinde to inaugurate the Citizen’s Shop of the county, and asked the end of a toll that from his point of view “creates an inequality in region”.
 

 Already the chambers of Valongo and Maia moved along the several weeks following the floor subsidence, is preparing “a lawsuit to demand compensation”, while the Paços de Ferreira warned that the interruption of traffic on A41 is causing “considerable damage” to exporting companies that county.
 

 According to Ascendi the land subsidence that occurred in February on the A41 had a direct cause “high and abnormal rainfall that occurred in the region.”
 

 The company secured have mobilized to “immediately” means and resorted “intensive work in very adverse conditions.”