PSD leader Luis Montenegro on Tuesday pointed out the experience of government negligence to PS Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos after visiting two quarters provided by the US Air Force in Praia da Vitória on the island of Terceira. , Azores.
“For those who oversaw the housing sector, like the current Secretary General of the Socialist Party, for those who now want to pretend that they are just starting, this is a responsibility, this is the experience that Dr. Pedro Nuno Santos talks about in government From the point of view of this , this is an experience of negligence, incompetence, lack of social meaning of public service,” said Luis Montenegro.
This Tuesday, the PSD President concludes the second day of the “Sentir Portugal” program in the Azores.
After São Jorge, Luís Montenegro arrived in Terceira, where he was accompanied by the head of the list of the district of São Miguel from the PSD/CDU-PP/PPM coalition for the early regional legislative elections on February 4 and the current president of the regional executive, José Manuel Boleiro, and his vice-president Arthur Lima made a short visit to the complex.
In 2015, as personnel at the Lajes base on the island of Terceira were reduced, the US Air Force stopped using two quarters, Nacer do Sol and Beira Mar, located next to the base, in Praia da Vitória. about 450 houses, as well as a school of about 5,200 square meters.
Three years later, the infrastructure was transferred by the Portuguese Air Force to the regional government of the Azores (PS), which made no progress in restoring it.
Luis Montenegro stressed that this situation in the so-called “American Neighborhood” has been going on since 2015, “not even on purpose, since the Socialist Party took over the eight-year rule that ended now, and even during the time when the Socialist Party also governed the region here.”
According to the leader of the Social Democrats, it was not “a large investment that could be left over at that time in order to have houses in a habitable condition.”
“Not only will it now cost a lot more money, but first of all, eight years have passed during which many families have experienced housing problems,” he said, referring to a total of 500 homes that would be “an invaluable contribution to the solution.” problems housing problem and give dignity to many people.”
In one area, “the development has already been handed over to the regional government”, which has applied for a Plan for Recovery and Resilience (PRR) and in which “there will be an intervention and the houses will go onto the rental market with an option to buy,” he explained.
In another area, “it remains in the hands of the Government of the Republic because various ministers, in particular the one who has been there the longest, Minister Pedro Nuno Santos, have simply allowed it to rot, to be vandalized, instead of at least giving the region the opportunity take charge of the process,” added Luis Montenegro.
On 25 October 2023, the regional government of the Azores announced that it plans to launch “in the first half of 2024” a competition for the restoration of 92 houses provided to the North American Air Force in Praia da Vitória, for rent with an option to purchase.
“We expect to begin the implementation procedure for the projects of this project in the next few days and to launch the rehabilitation project in the first half of 2024,” the vice-president of the Azores Executive Authority (PSD/CDS-PP) said at the time. /PPM), Arthur Lima, adding that the work should be completed “by December 2025.”
The government official in charge of the housing sector spoke during a visit to the Nasser do Sol area.
Rehabilitation work for 92 T3 and T4 houses is budgeted at five million euros, but will be fully funded through the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).
At stake was not only the maintenance of buildings, but also adaptations to energy efficiency, as well as adaptations to water and electricity systems that were the same.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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