Work on the family health unit in Tondela will begin in January, the mayor announced

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USF will move into containers next to the municipal pavilion. The announcement was made by the mayor during the celebrations marking the 36th anniversary of Tondela becoming a city

The rehabilitation of the Family Health Unit (USF) in Tondela will begin in January. This was stated by the President of the Chamber, Carla Antunes Borges, during the celebrations of the 36th anniversary of the municipality’s elevation to city status earlier this week.

The investment in the business is approximately €1.7 million and includes funds from the Recovery and Resilience Plan. At the ceremony held in the main hall of Paços do Concelho, Carla Antunes Borges said that during the work, USF will move to containers next to the municipal pavilion.

The mayor explained: “I held several meetings throughout this year to prepare the intervention in order to ensure that the health unit continues to operate fully during the construction period, and to respond to its users with better conditions.”

The mayor also announced that works on the Riverside Front, where a new park facing the Denha River will be built, have been completed and that the future technology and entrepreneurship center is “in the final stage”. Carla Antunes Borges also promised to “note” the start of work on Loja do Cidadão in January.

During the celebration of the 36th anniversary of Tondela’s elevation to city status, the mayor noted that this moment opened “countless opportunities, raised the municipality of Tondela to the level of excellence, and profoundly changed the future of the municipality and the region.”

“It has been 36 years of the unique pulse of the region and the region, a city driving the development of the province which over the years has known how to harmoniously reconcile the various aspects of development, achieving balance, like instruments in an orchestra, growth with services, urban planning and commercial and industrial areas.”

The President of the Chamber also defended that Tondela has become a “centre of attraction and investment” and that the rise “has contributed to the balanced and cohesive growth of the municipality”, also recalling “the many challenges that have had to be overcome during these 36 years”. “.

Carla Antunes Borges recalled the works and initiatives carried out in the past year, highlighting, among others, the relocation of the FICTON site to the city center and the opening of the municipal cemetery, the expansion and rehabilitation of which cost more than half a million euros, and the official animal collection center which costs 388 thousand euros and will open on January 2.

At the event, the Tondela Chamber honored 12 employees over 25 years of service and several others who have already retired, awarding them medals and diplomas for their enthusiasm, perseverance and commitment to service.

The eighth issue of Dom Jaime culture books issued by the municipality was also displayed. The publication, 104 pages long, contains more than a dozen articles dedicated to figures such as Tomaz Ribeiro Colaso, Pedro de Figueiredo, Rodrigo de Mello, Jorge Rey Calaco, and Antonio Cuadros, among others.
The municipality’s culture advisor, João Carlos Figueredo, emphasized that the caderno “is a cultural reference that goes far beyond the municipality’s borders” and also constitutes a “cultural confirmation of the identity” of the municipality.