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Lisbon improves its maritime-tourist infrastructure in the city center

The view of the Tagus River from Lisbon's central Comercio Square has changed. A new element has been incorporated into the landscape: it is the new tourist floating dock Terreiro do Paço. This is one of the improvements included in the coastal infrastructure refurbishment project in the center of the Portuguese capital. The Lisbon Tourism Association, an entity formed by the Lisbon City Council and companies related to the Lisbon tourism sector, has been the promoter of this maritime project, of which Lindley, a Portuguese company specializing in the construction of marinas and ports, is part because of the supply, project and installation of floating pontoons.

In the first place, Lindley has executed the Terreiro do Paço wharf, a 20-meter-long walkway with a wooden deck, with an anchoring system through connecting rods, intended for the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers. In addition to access control, it is equipped with emergency pedestals, water and electricity, and a safety ladder. The boats moored are up to 30 meters in length, so most tour operators can dock there.

Secondly, Lindley has been the company in charge of the rehabilitation of the Doca de Marinha, a small tourist port that allows mooring 25 boats with a length between 12 and 24 meters. At the entrance to the port, an exposed area with high waves, has been built two concrete breakwaters, from its PFC range, designed for mooring large vessels. In the interior area of ??the port, has been installed a dock with fingers for smaller boats, made of maritime aluminum (from its Sagres HD range) and with polyethylene floats that provide robustness and durability to the structure. The mooring system applied is through wall beams and piles. The dock has accessories such as service pedestals and LED lighting, as well as access control for greater security. Likewise, the company has supplied and installed the dock of the Doca de Marinha for the mooring of traditional Tagus boats 'Marinha do Tejo'. Finally, Lindley has also been in charge of the marine marking of the entrance to the port.

In addition to the aforementioned remodeling of the central coastal area that extends from Terreiro do Paço to Doca da Marinha, the project has included the creation of a new pedestrian and bicycle avenue, new cultural, leisure and restaurant centers, office area, and the rehabilitation of the dock used for ferries and large tourist boats, whose nerve center of the city's maritime-tourist activity falls on the rehabilitated South and Southeast Station.