Fafe guarantees that the power stage section will never be asphalted
Parcídio Summavielle mentioned being from the city council, maintaining historical standards in current conditions, with tourist potential but also to be used in current conditions.
The dirt sections of the Fafe area that are part of the Rally de Portugal, namely a stage of power, which ends, on Sunday, the Rally de Portugal, will never be paved, said the vice-mayor, Parcídio Summavielle.
“For us, it’s fundamental [esses troços]because it was the main focus on publicizing the municipality”, said the mayor, in statements to Lusa.
For the councilor, it was necessary, the last century, the dispute of 70 of the year, over the years, alternatives like all the alternatives as councilors of the mountainous area of the county, where the rally access has been seen for a long time, an access of good quality , thus making it possible to maintain the sections on land, which are a hallmark of the Minho county.
“These solutions [estradas asfaltadas] They have been in existence for 20 years, so they can guarantee that they will never go ahead with the asphalting of Montim, Lumeirinha or Lameirinha”, he added.
The Lameirinha section, where it disputes a ‘power stage’, is known worldwide, mainly for its jump, where the most spectacular “flights” of the world rally are recorded, in or in photos, and for the winding of dirt and tar. of Confurco.
For more than three decades, the regions of the Laeirinha section have attracted thousands of spectators, praised, every year, as organizers of the World Cup.
Fafe also has the Montim section included in this edition of the Rally de Portugal.
Both stages, on Sunday, in the neighboring municipality of Felgueiras, will be covered twice on Sunday.
Parcídio Summavielle mentioned being from the city council, maintaining historical standards in current conditions, with tourist potential but also to be used in current conditions.
In addition to the WRC, that municipality in the district of Braga also usually hosts the Serras de Fafe Rally, which has been in the national championship for several years, but which in 2022 was part of the European championship.
The “street stage” of Europe was played at night in the streets of the city center of Fafe, with thousands of fans, a scenario that proves that the municipality came to propose, without success, for the Rally of Portugal.
To Lusa, the councilor that the council has experienced and competent resources that help to keep the floors in conditions, namely with “good quality” clay, helping to project to the world “a good image of Fafe”.
Some of the sections, namely Luílhas and Lagoa, which also already equip the hotel and are carried out in the Rally de Portugal, with gains for the local economy, with gains for the local economy, which are necessary for the local catering, which exhausting its capacity , several times a year.
“These are moments, repeated throughout the year, that provide our traders with income that, in other circumstances, they will not have. Therefore, the bet on tests has become a priority”, he said.
This 20, completed, were carried out on land, but also on the tarred sections, which are much appreciated.