The petition for pedestrian access to Cabanas Beach in Tavira has reached the European Parliament for investigation, after being submitted in January 2024.
“The more than 9,000 subscribers thus reinforce our conviction that together we will prevent the Ria Formosa, in Cabanas, from being definitively converted into a navigation channel, at the mercy of cold commercial interests, which would happen if a contract for the exploration of the crossing were signed with a company for the indecent period of 25 years, as admitted by the Tavira City Council”, said local associations in a statement.
“We will not allow this to happen in an area that is an ecological reserve classified with the highest environmental protection, integrated in the Natura 2000 Network, which has already been neglected for too long and, instead of being definitively damaged, requires urgent protection and management measures to ensure its conservation and valorization”, they add.
“We believe that we will have pleasant, safe, ecological and inclusive access to our beloved island, as is the wish expressed by thousands of citizens: a pedestrian walkway that also allows them to enjoy the beach all year round, any day and at any time, in perfect harmony between humans and the nature that surrounds them and that they must defend and preserve at all costs”, concludes the note, signed by José António Leite Pinto.
Source https://postal.pt/
