The Independent Technical Commission (CTI) to study the expansion of Lisbon Airport presented the government earlier this month with a short-term assessment of Humberto Delgado Airport, including measures to improve infrastructure efficiency.
In a conversation with Lusa, CTI coordinator Rosario Partidario said that the organization carried out a “short-term” assessment of the Humberto Delgado Airport during August, as it identifies a number of measures and actions that can be taken to alleviate the situation that the Humberto Delgado Airport is currently facing “
This report “has already been submitted to the government at the beginning of September,” so that the executive branch, “at its discretion, can now begin to take measures to decongest Humberto Delgado Airport,” he told Luca.
However, the official stressed that the report, due to be published next week, “is part of the final report” assessing locations for expanding capacity at Lisbon airport.
Rosario Partidario stressed that this report is “very technical,” but that CTI is “naturally” receptive to any comments that may be submitted. The coordinator did not want to disclose the proposed measures, but stressed that many of them were “management” measures designed to try to alleviate “the congestion that exists at the airport.”
This Friday, the commission presented another report on critical decision factors, which establishes a strategic assessment framework “where critical factors, criteria and indicators are identified” that will be used in evaluating strategic decision options.
The report began drafting in May, went through public consultation and received about 230 comments, 63% of which addressed aspects that CTI had not considered that helped the commission’s work, he said.
These critical factors are aviation safety, site accessibility, human health and environmental vitality, transportation connectivity and economic development, as well as government investment and funding models, he recalled.
When asked about the weight of each of these factors, Rosario Partidario said that this methodology, by selecting only five factors, “already identifies them as priorities.”
The CTI Coordinator, however, reiterated that the final decision lies with the decision maker, i.e. the government, recalling that the independent technical committee has a “mandate to evaluate strategic options”, which includes “evaluating, providing information to the decision maker, guiding principles, advice, recommendations” for decision making.
“If the decision maker at that time wants to place greater emphasis on aviation security” or “government investment and funding models or the viability of health and the environment, he is naturally free to do so,” he explained.
On April 27, the technical committee studying capacity expansion at Lisbon Airport announced nine possible options for a new airport, including the five identified by the government, plus Portela + Alcochete, Portela + Pegoes, Rio Frio + Poseirão and Pegoes.
A Council of Ministers resolution approved last year determined the composition of the CTI to analyze five hypotheses for solving the Lisbon airport problem (Portela + Montijo; Montijo + Portela; Alcochete; Portela + Santarem; Santarem), but predicted that other options could be added.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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