The organization World Youth Day (WYD) ruled out the possibility of installing a military bridge to connect the banks of Trancao, considering that it would not justify the investment, a source in the municipality of Loures told Lusa news agency.
In an interview with Lusa, Vice-President of Loures Municipality Sonia Paixao (PS), who is in charge of WYD, said that the decision to abandon the military bridge project was taken by the municipalities on the basis of “consensus”. will host an event, Loures and Lisbon, and for the church.
“The military bridge was one of the hypotheses put forward. It had already been abandoned, because it was already realized that from the point of view of evacuation in an emergency, it would not be needed. The papomobile was going the wrong way,” the mayor said.
In this sense, Sonia Paixao explained that due to “serious problems”, namely “huge investments”, the decision was made to “omit the construction of the military bridge”.
Investment in the (temporary) deployment of a military bridge that will connect the banks of the Trancao River in the municipalities of Loures and Lisbon could amount to one million euros, half of which will be covered by the two municipalities.
On March 14, WYD government-appointed coordinator José Sa Fernandes already mentioned during a Lisbon Municipal Assembly subcommittee hearing that the military bridge was “reserved”, noting that its placement would be a decision of the two municipalities. .
Lisbon has been chosen by Pope Francis for the next World Youth Day, which will take place from 1 to 6 August this year, with the main ceremonies taking place in Tagus Park, north of the Parc des Nations, on the banks of the river. Tagus, on the lands of the municipalities of Lisbon and Loures.
WYD was born at the initiative of Pope John Paul II after the success of the meeting organized in 1985 in Rome as part of the International Year of Youth.
The first edition took place in 1986 in Rome, having already passed through Buenos Aires (1987), Santiago de Compostela (1989), Czestochowa (1991), Denver (1993), Manila (1995), Paris (1997), Rome ( 2000), Toronto (2002), Cologne (2005), Sydney (2008), Madrid (2011), Rio de Janeiro (2013), Krakow (2016) and Panama (2019).
This year’s edition, which will be closed by the Pope, was originally scheduled for 2022 but was delayed due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Pope Francis was the first to register for WMJLisboa2023 on October 23, 2022 at the Vatican after the Angelus celebration. This gesture marked the worldwide opening of registration for the World Youth Meeting with the Pope.
To date, over half a million young people have begun the registration process.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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