Azores Situation Report Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Terra Nostra Park Thermal Tank undergoing enhancement and modernization works
The Thermal Tank of the Terra Nostra Park, in Furnas, will undergo improvement works, starting on Monday, in order to offer a new landscape setting and modernize the maintenance system.
According to a press release, at the beginning of 2025, the thermal tank will once again be accessible to all visitors.
Designed by architect Luís Paulo Faria Ribeiro, the project has as its “great priority the reorganization and enhancement of the surroundings of the Thermal Tank of the Terra Nostra Park”, states the press release.
“The proposed intervention strategy is strongly based on the heritage value of Terra Nostra Park, in its landscape, botanical, environmental and tourist dimensions. Of particular importance in this process is the fact that the Tank and its surroundings constitute the area where the park originated, the oldest one, and at the same time the area with the greatest affluence and current use for recreation and leisure”, explained Luís Paulo Faria Ribeiro.
The intervention, planned over a year ago, also includes the modernization of the Thermal Tank maintenance system, namely by forced recirculation of the entire volume of thermal water in ultraviolet systems, to promote more efficient and sustainable management, without altering the idiosyncrasy of these waters, which are so appreciated.
Visitors to Parque Terra Nostra, which is permanently open, can continue to enjoy the beauty and botanical richness of this centuries-old park.
Three new services for the homeless in Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada City Council and the Regional Government are preparing to create three new decentralized services to welcome and intervene with homeless people in the municipality
In consultation with the Regional Government, three new services will be created to welcome and intervene with homeless people in the municipality.
They are working to create new points of approach to these situations, both the Ponta Delgada City Council and the Regional Government, and very soon a set of infrastructures will be announced that will be created precisely to mitigate these effects of poverty and social exclusion, through the creation of overnight accommodation, food and hygiene areas.
Recognizing that homelessness is a problem in Ponta Delgada, the mayor argued that the response to this problem requires a diverse set of actions, given the different profiles that these citizens present.