Viana do Castelo opens €3.7m tender for ocean technology centre

Viana do Castelo's council has unanimously approved a public tender to build Sustemare, an ocean energy and technology innovation centre, with a base price of €3,660,611 and a 365-day construction period. The two-storey building, of about 2,811 square metres, will stand on the Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão campus at Praia Norte. The wider project, put forward to Norte 2030, totals around €5.1m. Once finished, the council will hand management to the Sustemare association for 30 years. Councillors also rejected the Viana Camping concessionaire's request for a five-year extension and a rent suspension.