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The government has approved an expenditure of up to 4.5 million euros to demilitarise the Alcochete Shooting Range. This process is a necessary step to clear the site for the construction of the new Luís de Camões Airport, which will serve the Lisbon region.
If the criterion is to build infrastructure that best serves the country, Alcochete leaves us in doubt. And, in a decision of this scale, doubt should not persist and overshadow future generations. Opinion by Mário Centeno
Quercus reinforced the need for a rigorous environmental assessment.
The Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating Luís Neves following the trailer case, but there is no room for 'idle chatter'. Meanwhile, the airport is going to Alcochete, but who will pay the more than 8 billion euros?
Making the right decision, in this case, does not mean postponing the airport: it means preventing a potentially more harmful implementation from causing decades of costs, noise, and social conflict.
Portugal dreams of flights in 2035 while stumbling over exams with errors and the case of Luís Neves. Between endless construction projects and investigations, the government's efficiency continues to be completely lost.
The new Luís de Camões Airport in Alcochete is projected to cost between 7.9 and 8.9 billion euros, according to the technical project submitted by ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal. Construction is expected to begin in 2029, with the airport operational by 2035. The facility will have an initial capacity of 56 million passengers per year, with plans for high-speed rail links connecting it to central Lisbon in 20 minutes.
An overview of the transition from Portela Airport to the new Luís de Camões Airport and its impact on the Portuguese aviation sector.
The Government confirmed today that it has received the third technical report for the Luís de Camões Airport from ANA - Aeroportos, marking the completion of another stage in the 36-month schedule for the new airport's application. The report includes detailed construction planning, work schedules, subcontracting structures, and estimated budgets. The next milestone is the financial report due in January 2027, with the full application expected by January 2028. The new airport, to be located at the Alcochete Shooting Range, is estimated to cost 8.5 billion euros, with the concessionaire proposing a 30-year extension to its contract to ensure economic sustainability without public funding.
The occupant of the light vehicle had to be extricated.
The Minister of Infrastructure, Miguel Pinto Luz, guarantees that the dossier regarding the construction of the new airport at the Alcochete Shooting Range is advancing at a “very accelerated pace”, ensuring that ANA “is complying on a daily basis” and that in January 2028 it will deliver to the Portuguese State “the project for the new airport, the ...
The Government has approved an expenditure of 4.5 million euros to fund the demilitarisation works at the Alcochete Shooting Range, an intervention considered essential to proceed with the construction of the future Luís de Camões Airport. The demilitarisation of the area must be completed by the end of 2029. According to the resolution...
Leonor Sá Pinto tied the knot with José Gomes in a ceremony held in Alcochete.
In this episode, we explain how the new airport in Alcochete is being planned, designed, and built, an infrastructure that will shape mobility, the economy, and the territory for the coming decades.
Second part of 'Investigação CM'.
First part of 'Investigação CM'.
The Council of Ministers approved 4.5 million euros for the demilitarisation of the Alcochete Shooting Range by 2029, the year in which the concessionaire ANA is expected to begin construction on the new airport.
The Government approved, this Friday, an expenditure of 4.5 million euros to demilitarise the Alcochete Shooting Range, where the Luís de Camões airport is expected to be built. The funding is intended for operations such as the detection and neutralisation of explosive devices and the safe preparation of the land, currently used for military purposes, indicates the...
Two Portuguese students won silver and bronze medals at the 34th International Philosophy Olympiad, which took place in Warsaw, Poland.
GNR investigators from Montijo arrested the suspects and seized a video containing footage of the assaults.
After the public assault, the man took the injured minor home. The suspect is being held at the GNR station until he appears in court.
“A man without horns is like a plane without wings,” one can read in this establishment in Alcochete. With a relaxed atmosphere and cheeky decor, puns are a constant, from the walls to the menu of the popular Taberna dos Cabrões.
Aires has always defended a large airport in Alcochete. Now, he wants the project handed over to large Portuguese companies.
CMTV has a special report remembering the idol of a generation, featuring testimonies from two members of the youth soap opera's cast.
The amount in question already exceeds the value that ANA, the manager of Portuguese airports, forecasts for the construction cost of the new Lisbon Airport, located in Alcochete.
The direct elections to succeed João Pedro Louro as president of the Social Democratic Youth (JSD) will be contested by the current secretary-general, João Pedro Luís, and former MP Clara de Sousa Alves, though the latter has yet to confirm her candidacy. The race represents a choice between continuity and change, influenced by age and regional factors. Louro, who is ineligible for re-election due to age limits, will propose an election date of May 23rd during the National Council meeting in Alcochete. Luís, 24, is running on a platform of 'The Strength of the Future,' while Alves, a lawyer from the Trás-os-Montes region, is considered a potential challenger representing a different approach.
The deadline for the end of house arrest was only May 18, but the court decided that the transfer to a prison facility should take place immediately, before that date.
A 21-year-old man struck a 47-year-old victim three times near a bar in Alcochete. He was arrested by the Judicial Police.
The blows left a 47-year-old man in serious condition.
The alert was raised around 01:00 on Monday
The blows left a 47-year-old man in serious condition.
