Regional Government invests 561 thousand Euros in improvement of Arrebentões Rural Road on S. Miguel Island
The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry, João Ponte, has authorised the awarding of the contract work for the improvement of Arrebentões Rural Road on São Miguel Island, with a 561 thousand-Euro budget, following the public tender launched by the Regional Directorate for Forest Resources.
Taking into account the budget of the work, the contract work, after being signed, will be sent for prior approval by the Court of Auditors.
This work will improve the existing pavement and the installation of drainage infrastructures. It also intends to solve the problem regarding rainfall runoff and the drainage of solid material to Sete Cidades Lake as well as to enhance the safety of all those using this road.
The Arrebentões Rural Road, located in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, stretches over an extension of 1,230 metres in agroforestry area.
This work will benefit two dozen farms in an area of 33 hectares of pasture and 0.70 hectares of forest.
With this additional investment, the Regional Government continues to modernise agricultural infrastructures with direct impact on the improvement of farmers' working conditions.
Investments in agricultural infrastructures are key to reducing farm production costs and to ensuring the sustainability of one of the main economic activities in the Region.