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i just want to check wether the following sentence is modal or not if so could you explain me why?

The aim of the project is:

To clean up the coastlines.

To collect useful information about these coastlines.
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Welcome, tanjit.

What do you mean by "modal"? The reason I ask, there are no modal verbs in these sentences:
To clean up the coastlines.

To collect useful information about these coastlines.
The verbs to clean and to collect are infinitive in form.

Does that help? If not, please let us know.
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