Airport. Lisbon tourism entity sees Alcochete with "great pleasure"
The Regional Tourism Entity of the Lisbon Region (ERT-RL) stated today that it received with "great pleasure" the choice of Alcochete for the location of the international airport of Lisbon and the expansion works of the Humberto Delgado airport.
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"It was with great pleasure that we received the news of a final decision on the location of the new airport. More than the chosen location, ERT-RL has always stressed the importance of speed in this process for the development of the country and the tourism sector in particular", said the president of the entity, Carla Salsinha, in a statement released today.
The official praised the fact that the new international airport is located in a municipality in the Lisbon region.
Similarly, the president of ERT-TL highlighted the importance of the expansion works at Humberto Delgado Airport, in Lisbon, which she considered "essential for the country, in order to avoid creating constraints for tourism".
On Tuesday, the Government approved the construction of the new airport for the Lisbon region at the Alcochete Shooting Range, following the recommendation of the Independent Technical Commission (CTI), announced the Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro.
"The Government has decided to approve the development of the new Lisbon airport with a view to completely replacing Humberto Delgado Airport at the Alcochete Shooting Range and to give it the name of Luís de Camões Airport", announced Luís Montenegro, in a statement to the country, after an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers.
On March 11, the CTI published the final report of the strategic environmental assessment of the new airport, maintaining the recommendation of a single solution in Alcochete, the most advantageous, or Vendas Novas.
Read also: Alcochete's choice harms Leiria, which wants compensation measures (Portuguese version)
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