As maintained by a press release from the Chamber of Loulé, in the district of Faro, the replacement of the sand at the Praia do Forte Novo depends on the application of funds from the European Union and the opening of an international public tender.

“ARH Algarve – the Portuguese Environmental Agency, has already executed a project to recharge the entire sandy area between the Quarteira seafront and Ancão beach, with an estimated value of €14 million”, reads the note.

The municipality added that the project was submitted in an application for community funds under the Climate Action and Sustainability Program (PACS) and following the approval of the application, the “opening of an international public competition to carry out the contract to replace the sand”.

The sea storm caused damage to coastal areas of mainland Portugal, namely by making the sand disappear at Praia do Forte Novo, in the parish of Quarteira, municipality of Loulé, and the partial destruction of the walkways and urban furniture.

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Loulé City Council assured that it will carry out work to remove all the debris and other waste accumulated at the beach, in order to clean the entire affected area, and after replacing the sand, the municipality will “take on the rehabilitation of the walkways and adjacent equipment”.

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The municipality considered this an “unfortunate” occurrence, which “damages the touristic image of the region”, and reaffirmed the need for “the legislator to create the necessary legal conditions, through the institution of a regional fund for an immediate and simplified response to serious consequences of climate phenomena, which will increase in the future”.