Portugal to receive 37 new radars in September

As of September 1, there will be 37 new speed checkpoints, 12 of which will be medium speed.

The use of average speed radars is new in Portugal and these devices will be located on four motorways A1, A25, A3 and A42, three national roads EN10, EN109 and EN211 and two additional routes IC19 and IC2.

In addition to these 37 radars, which will become operational on September 1, 25 more are already planned, which do not yet have a commissioning date, although their location is already known, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (ANSR). Thus, in total there will be 62 new speed control points with 39 mobile control cameras.

This number is higher than stated by the Government, as 50 speed control posts were originally planned, 30 of which are mobile. The increase could be justified by investment from Ascendi, which has decided to set up seven more checkpoints, and Infraestruturas de Portugal, which has set up five more radars. Thus, the two companies wanted to unite in the fight against accidents, despite the fact that they did not promote the financial investments made.

It is not known when mobile radars will be operational across the country and it will not be possible to know if they are active or not, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ensures that they will always be identified.

More speed control devices will be installed in the Porto area. From 1 September there will be three more: A3, Trofa area, A42 in Paços de Ferreira and EN211 in Marco de Canaveses/Penafiel. The map will also be available on the ANSR website, where you can check all the locations where the new radars will be active starting September 1st.

Speeding still makes up more than half of the traffic violations committed in the country, accounting for 59.2% in 2022 alone.