Rehousing advances even without state funding – Daily News – Lisbon

The Madeiran Government will start the construction of 30 homes to rehouse some of the families affected by the fires. This is an investment of 2.5 million

The Government of Madeira will proceed with the construction of 30 fires in Sao Goncalo, Funchal, to rehouse some of the families who have lost house on fire last week, even if the Portuguese State does not finance the project.

“we will try to get part of the national funding. But regardless, come funding or not come funding, it will be for build and is 2.5 million euros, “said Miguel Albuquerque, during a visit to the land, with the Social São Gonçalo neighborhood.

Albuquerque stressed that for the fire, the” concern “of government has always been the people.

“As you know, in less than a week we made the provisional relocation of more than 180 people,” he said, noting that now has passed the “second phase, which is the construction rapid social housing to also assign permanent housing to some of these families. “

the public tender for the construction of these 30 fires is scheduled for October, should the works begin in February 2017.

Apart from Sao Goncalo, the chief executive visited Madeira this morning access to the fast lane where it took escarpments consolidation works and also at the Hospital of Marmeleiros and Dr. João de Almada Hospital in area Hill, who were evacuated during the fire.

“the evacuation of these two hospitals is a paradigm, an example of efficiency and planning,” said Miguel Albuquerque, having traveled all the wards to acknowledge the work “very well done and effective” staff during the operation.

in the early hours of Tuesday, August 9, 180 patients were withdrawn from the Hospital of Marmeleiros within two hours. In Dr. João de Almada Hospital, 185 patients were transferred in less than two hours on the afternoon of that day, when the flames have surrounded the building.

Patients were referred to the Central Hospital of Funchal, for regiment Garrison 3 and the School Horacio Bento de Gouveia, which was constructed to serve as a hospital in disaster situation.

“in these situations it is necessary to have some serenity,” said Miguel Albuquerque, noting that the past experience makes the approach to events is now “much more professional and more effective.”

the fires that hit Madeira last week particularly affected the municipality of Funchal, where they made three dead and one seriously injured, hundreds of homeless and displaced, and damage public and private property assessed by the town hall in around EUR 61 million.