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Costa praises the Government's "maturity" in the airport decision

Government announced this Tuesday the location of the new airport.

Costa praises the Government's "maturity" in the airport decision
Notícias ao Minuto

22:46 - 14/05/24 por Notícias ao Minuto

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"I congratulate Professor Rosário Partidário and all members of the Independent Technical Commission and welcome the democratic maturity of the Government and the PS in honoring the commitment made," wrote António Costa tonight on the social network X, regarding the announcement of the new airport.

It should be noted that the Government announced today that the new airport, which will be called Luís de Camões, will be at the Alcochete Shooting Range and should become operational in 2034. The Minister of Infrastructure was less optimistic than the Independent Technical Commission (CTI), which pointed to 2030.

As for the cost, the Government also believes that the CTI is too optimistic, and estimates that it will be somewhere between the value indicated by the commission led by Rosário Partidário and the eight to nine billion estimated by ANA Aeroportos.
 
Miguel Pinto Luz guaranteed that the Government is committed to ensuring that the costs of the new airport do not affect the State Budget.

"We believe that it is possible to pay for this investment with the resources released by the concession, until the end of the concession," stressed the minister.

According to the Government, the process will be launched with the airport concessionaire, ANA/Vinci, to assess the chronology for the development of the new airport, "study the technical solution of a flexible model", the accessibility model, detail the total investment needed for the new Lisbon airport, "study a financing model without input from the State Budget" and "evaluate the model for transferring traffic from Humberto Delgado Airport, after the new one becomes operational".

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, but pointed out that Humberto Delgado + Santarém could be a transitional solution.

The PSD decided to set up an internal working group to analyze the location of the new Lisbon airport, after having agreed with the PS to set up a CTI to carry out the strategic environmental assessment.

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