City Council of Baião replaces all public lighting in the municipality with LED lamps
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The contract for the modernization of the public lighting system in Baião is underway, through the placement of 7,452 luminaires with LED technology. This investment allows two major advantages. First, a 60 percent reduction in energy consumption is expected, which will reduce CO2 emissions to the environment from Baião. Another advantage will be savings in […]
Two films show Aboboreira as never seen before
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On September 22, the Municipal Auditorium of Baião hosted the presentation of two high-quality documentaries about Serra da Aboboreira: “Aboboreira – A Serra Viva” and “Aboboreira in 3D”, produced by the Association of Municipalities of Baixo Tâmega (AMBT). These audiovisual documentaries may assist in the objective of creating a “Regional Protected Landscape” in the referred […]
City Council of Baião collected more than 6 tons of waste in two days
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On 17 and 18 September, services of the City Council of Baião carried out a major cleaning action in various parts of the municipality, collecting 6.2 tonnes of waste. In all, 2000 kg of construction and demolition waste were collected, 2000 kg of wood and dry tree shavings, 1500 kg of domestic monsters (mattresses, furniture, […]
Campaign promotes attractions of Serra da Aboboreira
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The Association of Municipalities of Baixo Tâmega (AMBT) released the first of five new films promoting the Serra da Aboboreira. “Adventure in Serra da Aboboreira – A place to dream” can be seen here In this video we find a family consisting of grandmother, daughter and granddaughter, who explore, together, the potential that Aboboreira has […]
‘Patrulha Baião’ program starts next Monday
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The first ten elements that will integrate the project “Patrulha Baião”, promoted by the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth (IPDJ), attended on July 22, a training action that will allow them to perform functions in the scope of Nature and Forest in a more efficient way. The young volunteers received essential information on how […]
Baião Rivers restocked with 8500 trout
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Since 2010, nearly 30 thousand trout have been launched into the rivers of Baião The Municipality of Baião and the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF) repopulated the Ovil and Teixeira rivers with 8500 trout last Thursday, June 25th. The initiative, which aims to bring more life to these rivers, is not […]
Over 200 hectares of scrub and forest cleared since the beginning of the year
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Since the beginning of the year, over 200 hectares of scrub have been cleared in Baião by various entities in the mountains, forests, and vegetation strips along the roads. These indicators were released during the last meeting of the Municipal Forest Defense Commission, held on June 4, and at which the Municipal Operational Plan for […]
Second Forester Sappers Brigade of CIM do Tâmega e Sousa starts activity
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The second Forester Sappers Brigade of the Tâmega e Sousa Intermunicipal Community (CIM do Tâmega e Sousa) started its activity on June 1. Consisting of 15 elements, this team will have as main mission the development of preventive silviculture actions, mainly in the maintenance and installation of the primary network for the defense of the […]
City Council of Baião will collect construction and demolition waste free of charge
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The Municipality of Baião has at its citizens’ disposal a new free service for the collection of Construction and Demolition Waste (RCD´s), coming from small domestic repairs. In the activities of construction, reconstruction, expansion, alteration, conservation, and demolition of buildings subject to licensing or prior communication, companies (contractors) are obliged to respect a Waste Prevention […]
City Council will offer trees to its citizens
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On December 9th to 13th, the City Council of Baião will mark the 9th edition of the Municipality’s Green Day. As usual, the municipality will offer trees (chestnut and oak trees). In addition to private citizens, institutions, entities, associations and / or parish councils are also included. All are entitled to 10 trees of different […]