The government estimates Luis de Camões airport at Campo de Tiro de Alcochete will come into operation in 2034, but is less optimistic than the Independent Technical Commission (CTI), which pointed to 2030, the minister said on Tuesday. infrastructures.
“In 2030 and 2031, we must clearly tell the Portuguese that this is not possible. For us, a 10-year period, 2034, would be reasonable,” Infrastructure and Housing Minister Miguel Pinto Luz said at a press conference. after an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers, at which the government approved the construction of a new airport in the Lisbon area at Campo de Tiro de Alcochete.
CTI noted that the first runway at Alcochete should be completed in 2030, and the second a year later, at a total construction cost of 6.105 million euros.
Regarding the cost, the government also believes that the CTI is too optimistic and estimates that it will be somewhere between the cost indicated by the commission led by Rosario Partidario and the eight to nine billion estimated by ANA Aeroportos.
Miguel Pinto Luz assured that the government promises that the costs of building a new airport will not affect the state budget.
“We believe that these investments can be paid for using the resources released under the concession until the end of the concession,” the minister emphasized.
According to the government, the process will be launched jointly with the airport concessionaire ANA/Vinci to assess the chronology of the development of the new airport, “study the technical solution of the flexible model”, the accessibility model, and detail the total investment. necessary for the new Lisbon airport, “to study a financing model without contributions from the public budget” and “to evaluate a model for the transfer of traffic from Humberto Delgado Airport once the new one comes into operation.”
CTI published on March 11 the final report on the strategic environmental assessment of the new airport, maintaining the recommendation of a single solution in Alcochete, the most beneficial, or Vendas Novas, but noted that Humberto Delgado + Santarem could be a transitional solution. .
The PSD decided to establish an internal working group to analyze the location of the new Lisbon airport after agreeing with the PS to establish a CTI to carry out a strategic environmental assessment.
Social Democratic President Luis Montenegro, before his election, guaranteed that a decision would be made “in the first days” of government.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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