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Pombal secures €2.7 million to repair storm-hit waterways

Topicshydropower infrastructureriver restorationwater scarcity

Severe weather in January and February this year damaged watercourses and environmental infrastructure in the Pombal municipality, prompting emergency works. Twenty-one interventions have already been carried out. The council has now secured around €2.7 million in funding from the Fundo Ambiental to carry out further clearance and cleaning works on affected rivers and streams.

Summarised by Sustainable Living from Notícias de Coimbra — Read the original ↗

Source published 19 September 2026

Also reported by: Jornal de Leiria · Região de Leiria

This appeared in the Pulse of 25 September 2026 — Read that edition →

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