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The Portuguese Environmental Agency (APA) has published an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) favorable conditional the project that creates a circular line in the Metropolitano of Lisbon and connects the mouse to the Cais do Sodré, announced the carrier this Tuesday.
In a statement, the company said it had received a statement from APA "subject to compliance with the terms and conditions imposed in the document", which are not specified. The stake is the project "Extension between Rato station and Cais do Sodré station, including new connections to the viaducts of Campo Grande".
With these works, a circular line is obtained from the Campo Grande with the lines Verde and Amarela, the remaining lines forming radial lines – Yellow Line (Odivelas to Telheiras), Blue Line (Reboleira – Santa Apolónia) and Red Line (S Sebastião – Airport).
The extension represents "an investment of € 210.2 million, and the works are to be launched by the end of the first half of 2019", with a planned implementation period of 68 months (until 2023), according to the state budget proposal for 2019.
"The Metropolitano of Lisboa reaffirms its commitment to continue to promote sustainable mobility, a structural solution for mobility in Lisbon, while respecting the highest standards of quality, safety and economic, social and environmental efficiency, through the bet in new forms of loyalty and attractiveness of new customers, "said the carrier in a statement released Tuesday.
In addition to this expansion project, the government will continue to acquire rolling stock for the Lisbon metro, namely 14 new triple units, and a new signaling system, totaling 136.5 million euros. euros, according to the same source. the state budget.
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