According to a statement released this Friday by Metro do Porto, the Porto metrobus operating on Avenida da Boavista will close access to O Primeiro de Janeiro and Campinas streets from Monday.
“From February 26 to March 12, it will not be allowed to turn onto Rua O Primeiro de Janeiro. During this period, traffic is prohibited on the initial section of this artery, with the exception of residents,” you can read here. in a statement released this Friday by the carrier.
According to Metro do Porto, “drivers heading to the Bessa area via Boavista can do so via Azevedo Coutinho and António Maria de Sena streets,” it said.
Regarding access to Campinas Street, “road closures will be made from Monday until the beginning of April” due to “work on the water supply infrastructure.”
“Therefore, the entire area located between the side entrance of the Colégio do Rosário, which ensures accessibility, and Avenida da Boavista is closed to traffic,” the transport company says.
Metro do Porto states that “motorists wishing to travel to Avenida Antunes Guimarães, to Aldoar or west of Avenida da Boavista from Rua Alberto de Macedo should take Rua Alberto de Serpa” and anyone wishing to continue on ” to the eastern part of Porto.” Boavista, you must use Rua Melo Leote.”
This year, the new Metro do Porto line will connect Casa da Música with Praça do Império (in 12 minutes) and Anémona (in 17 minutes).
Work on the first phase began at the end of January 2023: the planned stations are Casa da Música, Guerra Junqueiro, Bessa, Pinheiro Manso, Serralves, João de Barros and Império, on the first route and on the section to Matosinhos. Antunes will be joined by Guimarães, García de Orta, Nevogilde, Castelo do Queijo and Plaza Cidade do Salvador (Anemona).
The utility vehicles, hydrogen buses similar to those used in the conventional metro, will be built by a consortium that includes CaetanoBus and DST Solar, under a contract awarded for 29.5 million euros.
Initially, the metrobus project was planned only to Praça do Império, but since the cost of the grant (25 million euros) was lower than 66 million euros, the government decided to extend the service to Praça Cidade do Salvador, known as Anémona. , in Matosinhos.
According to a government decree published on November 17, the Porto metrobus will cost 10 million euros more than the originally planned 66 million.
The investment initially planned for the metrobus, amounting to 66 million euros, is fully financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), and an additional 10 million could also be financed by the PRR, the Environment Fund or the state budget.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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