Brava: Mayor calls for “urgent resolution” of transport problem

The mayor of Brava, Francisco Tavares, today asked for "an urgent resolution" of the problem of maritime transport to and from the island, which this week had "a tremendous setback".

Speaking to Inforpress, Tavares advanced that the prevailing feeling at that moment as a mayor and citizen of Brava is “very angry”, since the solution to the issue of maritime transport to and from Brava is “more complicated” every day and the solution is to "last a long time".

According to the same source, this week the island has only one trip, noting that the boat left Brava on Monday, the 13th, around 11:00 am, and the next scheduled trip is only on Sunday, the 19th, the which has been causing “great and inconvenient inconvenience to all”.

He also stressed that this is "a total cut in people's right to come and go", adding that there are people on Brava who came to work for a day or two and are unable to return, people with medical appointments in Fogo and in Cidade da Praia, but who are unable to arrive due to lack of boats.

In addition, he also highlighted that there are people with connections abroad, but who are stranded on the island, and also several people from Brava and other people who already had their trips scheduled for Brava and who are not able to reach the island because they cannot there is a maritime connection.

“As mayor and citizen of Brava at the moment, I am completely disgusted with this situation and again I ask the Government and the Minister of the Sea to do something because this situation cannot continue like this”, declared Francisco Tavares.

Faced with this situation, the mayor of Brava stressed that “an island cannot even dream of development” with this situation of one or two weekly trips and with this “great unpredictability, causing inconvenience in all respects” and for everyone who want to come or need to leave Brava for the other islands.

He also informed that he had already sent an e-mail message to “Government staff” in an attempt to try to obtain an answer and a solution to this situation.

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