The Regional Government has authorised spending of up to €9,050,000.00, plus VAT, for the first phase of the rehabilitation of the João Gomes stream, through a public tender.
The Regional Government Council has authorised spending of up to €9,050,000.00, plus VAT at the legal rate in force, for the first phase of the rehabilitation and regularisation works on the João Gomes stream. In practice, the Region is moving ahead with the project through a public tender, the procedure by which it selects the company that will carry out the work.
Resolution of the Regional Government Council No. 1036/2026, approved in plenary on 5 November 2026 and published in the Official Gazette of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (JORAM) on 9 November, covers the intervention between PK 0+812.00 and PK 2+401.00. The PK, or kilometre point, is a reference for distance along the watercourse, so the phase covers the stretch indicated.
In addition to authorising the spending, the Government determines the use of a public tender, with publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, approves the tender programme and the specifications, which define the rules and technical conditions of the procedure, and delegates to the Regional Secretary for Equipment and Infrastructure the power to carry out all procedural acts, with the possibility of sub-delegation, that is, of transferring it to another official.
The text justifies the intervention by the risk of floods and inundations on the Island of Madeira. It refers to the flood of 20 February 2010, which damaged the foundations of the walls and caused instability in the structures. According to the document, many of the walls and bridges along the stream show signs of structural and hydraulic degradation, and phenomena of erosion and lowering of the riverbed have been identified. The stream is bordered by important traffic routes and crossed by public infrastructure that could be affected by floods and erosion.
The maximum authorised amount is €9,050,000.00, to which VAT at the legal rate in force is added. This is a spending ceiling and not the final price of the work, which will only be known after the tender.
The charges will be met from the appropriate funds provided in the Budget of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, in accordance with Ordinance No. 619/2026, published in JORAM I Series No. 200, of 4 November 2026. An ordinance is an executive instrument issued by members of the Government.
The resolution is an act of the Regional Government Council, the Region's executive body. The authorisation of the spending is based on paragraph e) of Article 28(1) of Regional Legislative Decree No. 8/2025/M, of 30 December. The contracting follows the Public Contracts Code (CCP), which regulates the procurement of works and services by public entities, in its Articles 18, 19(a), 36 and 38.
The text does not state the start date or the execution period of the work, and it also does not identify any company, since the choice will depend on the tender. The resolution was signed by the Regional Secretary for Tourism, Environment and Culture, António Eduardo de Freitas Jesus, acting as President of the Regional Government.
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