The “Grande Comporta Green Card for Safe Mobility”, an area designated by the promoters in relation to the territory that comprises the area between Tróia, Melides, Grândola and Alcácer do Sal, in the district of Setúbal, has been delivered this week.

“This is a civil society initiative that brings together residents, businesspeople and investors who are concerned about the increase in accidents, with very serious consequences and loss of life, in the Greater Comporta area,” said Guta Moura Guedes from the group.

According to the representative, the area “has been witnessing great tourism development” and is “where the largest real estate, tourism and agricultural investments are taking place”.

The group of civil society representatives said they were concerned about the region's road infrastructure, which, in their view, was “not prepared for the increase in road traffic”.

“The roads that connect Carvalhal to Muda, Carvalhal to Comporta and Comporta to Alcácer do Sal are very important sections, at the moment, in terms of mobility and they are old roads, without verges, without escape points, and that is why I would say that these are the three priority routes”, said Guta Moura Guedes.

The document, written in September this year, with 16 points about the weakness of the region's road infrastructure and seven proposals for improving mobility, is signed by more than 350 people “from various sectors and many nationalities”.

An exponential increase in traffic

In the letter, consulted by Lusa, the promoters note that “vehicle traffic and the number of users have increased exponentially”, and warn of “a totally unforeseen and alarming flow of TIR trucks due to the development of real estate construction”.

“The roads and access roads are mostly narrow, most of them without hard shoulders that allow for detours in cases of collisions, the main cause of the most serious accidents, and are often lined with trees”, they point out.

Also mentioned are stretches of roads where “public lighting is non-existent or scarce”, intersections “poorly located due to being close to speed bumps or in places with poor visibility”, lack of speed limit radars and “irregular and slow” maintenance of roads.

Guta Moura Guedes highlighted the importance of creating, in the medium term, “a strategic planning for the Greater Comporta area” contemplating “infrastructures that are sustainable, friendly to the environment, citizens and inclusive”, and that involves “the various responsible for the territory”.

The group also calls for “the installation of radars, digital communication alerting to situations in the process of being resolved or the mapping of black spots on the roads”.

“This area has a natural ecosystem that is unique in Europe, which deserves to have a strategic development plan that includes sustainable mobility and, therefore, we want to be partners with local authorities and the Government, who will have to get involved, naturally” , maintained the representative.