Metro do Porto said this Thursday that it is studying solutions to address the concerns of the Porto City Council, which rejected the closure of the Campo Alegre tunnel for the construction of the Rubí line of this railway transport.
In response to Lusa, after the municipal president Rui Moreira this Thursday rejected the closure of this road, saying that it is the main road “artery” of the city, Metro do Porto assured that “it is studying solutions to accommodate the concerns of the Chamber of Porto”.
According to the mayor of Porto, “whoever is involved in the project must understand that the construction method, the location of the station or the type of station they are going to build cannot cause the city to lose a fundamental artery.”
In its response, the company also noted that regarding the new Rubi Line project, “Metro do Porto meets very regularly with the Porto City Council,” highlighting that “the president of Metro do Porto recently met with the president of the Chamber of Porto.”
“Metro do Porto is always and clearly ready to meet the challenges it faces and its goal is to find the best solutions for its mobility measures,” continues the text sent to Lusa by the company that operates this transport.
On Wednesday, the Court of Auditors (TdC) provisionally approved the €379.5 million contract for the Rubi line of the Porto metro, with the award and start of work expected to take place in the next few days, it said. official source from the carrier Lusa.
On December 6, Metro do Porto president Thiago Braga was asked about the progress of the project in Porto after the executive director of the Chamber of Porto approved informing the government and the transport company that there could not be a new project in Porto. If restrictions on current lines of work were not addressed, he said the Ruby Line project was aimed at “finding solutions in terms of station locations that would avoid the occupation of public roads.” “.
“This is why the Campo Alegre station is located in a parking lot and not on a public road,” explained Thiago Braga, adding that work will begin in areas that Metro do Porto considers important in order to meet the 2026 deadline. .
When asked whether Porto would be exempt from work under the original Rubi contract, Tiago Braga also said that “it is not a matter of being spared or not being spared.”
“We have planned, and I have already spoken to the Porto city council, that we will start with the necessary fronts of work to build the bridge, the line, the tunnel – the entire part of the line in Porto, with the exception of the trench forming the viaduct, it is buried – and we have conditions to complete the operation by the end of 2026,” he told reporters.
The 6.4 km Rubi Line includes a new crossing of the Douro River, and in Gaia the planned stations are Santo Ovidio, Soares dos Reis, Deveshas, Rotunda, Candal and Arrábida, as well as in Porto Campo Alegre and Casa -yes-Music.
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