Madeira Situation Report 25th Wednesday January 2023

Funding for the future hospital

Miguel Albuquerque (President of the Madeira Regional Government) announced that the Region has enough funds to cover the share it is required to pay for the building of the new hospital in the Region (Hospital Central e Universitário da Madeira – Madeira Central and University Hospital).

Madeira is the region with 3rd highest probability of being the victim of road accident

An investigation carried out by HelloSafe Portugal found that Madeira is the Region with the 3rd highest probability of being the victim of a road accident. The investigation analysed the data on road accidents that happened in 2022. There were an average of 4 road accidents with victims per hour in Portugal in the first 9 months of 2022.

13 drivers arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol

The Regional Command of the Madeira Public Security Police (Comando Regional da Polícia de Segurança Pública da Madeira) informed that 13 arrests were made for driving under the influence of alcohol during several patrol missions that took place between January 13th and 19th. In addition, 4 people were arrested in Funchal for driving without a licence, 1 person was arrested in Santana for driving while the driving licence had been apprehended, and 1 person in Funchal was banned from driving  for 12 hours.

Cruise ship port calls

Two cruise ships carrying more than 6,000 passengers docked in Funchal on January 17th. The “Mein Schiff 4” cruise ship carried 2,478 passengers and 903 crew members, while the “Norwegian Sun” cruise ship carried 1,856 passengers and 954 crew members.

Two cruise ships carrying nearly 4,000 passengers docked in Funchal on January 24th. The “Borealis” cruise ship is carrying 956 passengers and 611 crew members, and will be docked for 26 hours. The “AIDAsol” cruise ship is carrying 1,767 passengers and 595 crew members, and will be docked for 37 hours.

Water supply disruption

There will be a water supply disruption today (January 25th) in the parish of Câmara de Lobos (Caldeira, Rancho, and Ribeira da Alforra) due to scheduled work on the water supply management system. It will start at 14h00 and finish at 18h00.. All care will be taken to minimise the inconvenience caused by this disruption.

Power cut

Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira (Madeira power supplier) announced there will be power cuts due to scheduled work on the electricity supply network. These cannot be postponed and will take place in the following days and places:

SANTANA – ARCO DE SÃO JORGE

January 25th 09h00 to 12h00

– Via Expresso – Túnel do Arco de São Jorge (tunnel)

January  27th 09h00 to 12h00

– Via Expresso – Túnel da Vigia (tunnel)

FUNCHAL

January  27th 00h00 to 06h00

– Avenida do Infante (number 64)

– Avenida Luís de Camões

– Rua dos Ilhéus (numbers 22 to 79)

– Rua Nova dos Ilhéus (numbers 2 to 9)

However, power could be restored during the time frame mentioned above. So, for safety purposes, it should be assumed that there will be power at any time during this period of time.

If necessary, customers can contact the free Customer Support Service number (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.

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