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The third phase of the urban requalification project of Coruche Historic Area is in the final stages of development, corresponding to this historic city center and main connections to their immediate surroundings. The previous construction of the first two phases, namely the riverfront and the Porto João Ferreira square, was an essential condition for the implementation of the assumptions associated with the urban redevelopment of the historic center, where the smooth mobility appears as odd condition

The work of Largo Porto João Ferreira, inserted within the requalification of Coruche Historical Center, was given as completed recently and the project assumptions were met, thus providing the population of Coruche a new experience and interaction with other cultural nature spaces and recreation along the river Sorraia recently intervened.

This work complements the intervention in marginal Coruche by the river, also in charge of this team and already achieved a few years, where the organization of car and pedestrian traffic is considered an odd condition in upgrading the entire public space of this waterfront and contact the Historical Center.

Alongside all this intervention at the waterfront, was still set by another team a “line of contact” with the river through the implementation of a new structure consisting of a retaining wall, access to the river and its beaches, as well as areas stay in pergolas of metal and wood shade, that arise with the new proposal of marginal and Largo, both in charge of this team.

The redevelopment of areas adjacent to the historic centers are of great importance, not only the way allow these same centers creating biunivocal relations with these areas, but also as a contribution to reducing the “distance” that these centers to today presented regarding the peripheries, thus providing a unification of the city’s roles in contributing to improving the quality of life and (re)creation of new experiences in the historic areas, increasing investment in them and bringing back their “people.”

Last November began the Intervention and Rehabilitation Project of islets (Altura, Côco, Cobra, Ramalhetes e Ratas) and Deserta Island, Ria Formosa, Algarve, insert in the Polis Litoral Ria Formosa Program – Society for Rehabilitation and Recovery of Ria Formosa.

The project’s main objective is the maintenance and replacement of the natural ecosystem conditions and respective minimizing risk situations for people and goods through the corrective measures of erosion and coastal defense, and aims to comply with the requirements of Article 37 of the POOC Vilamoura – Vila Real de Santo António – “Spaces built for renaturalization”.

The works include renaturation actions and recovery of the dune system, which includes selective demolition of buildings, removal of waste to final destination authorized under the Plan for Prevention and Construction and Demolition Waste Management (PPG RCD), cleaning intervention areas, decompression soil actions and restoration of natural conditions.

The implementation of these actions requires the demolition of about 200 buildings, distributed by the Faro and Olhão municipalities, and the relocation of 11 house holds identified as 1st home situation