Bolhão Market, Porto.
“Without losing its essence,” administrator spoke about the various changes he wants to the historic Porto market, given the “countless complaints and complaints”.
The Go Porto municipal company aims to advance, in the short term, with a series of measures in the Bolhão market, such as the placement of shades, and is analyzing the possibility of the Terra to be reorganized, the administrator advanced on Thursday.
“We are trying to show that the claims and concerns of traders are heardand that we are not indifferent to the inconvenience that these questions naturally provoke each trader, ”said GO Porto administrator, Francisca Carneiro Fernandes, in statements.
In a circular distributed by market traders, to which Lusa had access, Go Porto announces a series of measures, such as the Placement of Airfryers in the kitchen from Bolhão from May 5th and place, until the end of the second half of May, side shades in all newsstands from the market.
They are also being studied New solutions to eradicate pigeons and seagulls of the land, as well as measures for “Local consumers retain”From the Historic Market of Porto, after profound rehabilitation works.
The circular “demonstrates transparency” and allows “to reassure traders”, in reporting on the topics that the GO Porto team is analyzing, such as the Possible dynamization of the Floor 1 gallery, “which is being rethought”stressed Francisca Carneiro Fernandes.
Compared to “Numerous complaints and complaints That have been done in recent years (internal, external and even publicly) by some traders, ”GO Porto is studying the possibility of reorganizing the land of the market, where the newsstands are located.
“The idea of reorganizing some of these newsstands arises from needs claimed by their own,” said Francisca Carneiro Fernandes, saying he will be possible to advance with reorganization and get a good balance of interests and advantages for all. “
This reorganization can go through passage of all sausages and cuts to the same side as the earthtravel that will allow these activities to be developed “more proximity to their assigned gut kitchen”.
It is also being studied the hypothesis that frozen stores move to the center of Terrain order to increase its visibility, as it has been claimed “since the opening of the market”.
Create a space for traders (dining room and breaks), Relocation traders with alcoholic beverages for spaces under the main staircase to minimize “the circulation of cups through the runners of the earth” and put high tables on the sides of the stairs are other of the possible changes.
“There are 19 stalls [históricas] whose location can be changed and therefore this is being treated with care and with the traders, ”he added.
Deduction of fines in the rents, regulation reviewed
As for the fines and offenses paid by the merchants, the administration of GO Porto decided that those who “proven” have paid the fines due to the closing of screens may require “the deduction of this amount in income to pay for their space in 2025”.
“By the principle of equality that is responsible for safeguarding, we thought it was fair to go to some way to accommodate the amount of these fines paid by the traders so that everyone is on an equal footing,” he said.
The circular also points to the “urgency to approve a new proposal to review the regulation“.
“We all agree that the current regulation does not fit the evolution that the market was living and the rules that must now determine with more clarity and objectivity. You have to make it very clear what you can do and what you can’t do, Without losing the essence From the market being a market of fresh, ”added the GO Porto administrator.
The measures announced to traders result from a series of “collective and individual” meetings that Francisca Carneiro Fernandes performed when he took office at GO Porto on January 20.
