Tavira really is going to have a new bridge over the Rio Gilão as the official tender was been published in the Diário da República, on May 15.The start of the work, which is scheduled to take 500 days, will be after the 2018 summer tourist season.
According to the tender document, the submission period is open for 48 days from the date of publication, and the work will cost local ratepayers, €1.57 million.
The new bridge will replace the temporary military bridge which has been temporary for the past 27 years.
Jorge Botelho, Tavira’s mayor, said the new 88-metre concrete bridge will have a pedestrian and a cycling lane - as well as a traffic lane which can be closed off if necessary.
The mayor said in January this year, that it is important to link the two banks of the river to boost investment on the eastern side.
