Latest news and stories about maintenance in infrastructure in Portugal for expats and residents.
Utility provider E-REDES has announced scheduled power outages for 6 September in parts of Palmela, Mafra, and Vila Nova de Milfontes. The interruptions are necessary for maintenance work, though the company clarified that outages will likely affect specific streets rather than entire parishes.
CP is prioritizing reactive repairs over preventive maintenance due to resource constraints, leading to train cancellations during the current heatwave.
A scheduled power outage is planned for specific dates in September across various locations in Portugal. Residents are advised to check the official list for affected areas and timeframes.
Union leader criticises the decision to outsource maintenance services for the Carris fleet, the company responsible for the Glória funicular that derailed a year ago, causing 16 deaths.
On the day of the accident, Manuel Leal said that Carris workers had filed “successive complaints” regarding the need for maintenance of the funiculars, including the Glória funicular.
The union reports a wait of nearly a year for responses from the city council and Carris, which have yet to arrive, and identifies the 'outsourcing of maintenance' as the cause of the 'tragedy'.
MNTC was the company that held the maintenance contract for the Glória Funicular when the accident occurred in September 2025. Since then, it has ceased its contractual relationship with Carris.
There are escalators in the Lisbon Metro that have been broken for over three years. Observador went to understand how their maintenance works (and how it is changing).
A Portuguese entrepreneur living in the UAE reflects on how the state of public restrooms serves as a litmus test for a country's management, maintenance culture, and leadership. He argues that the attention to detail and cleanliness found in the UAE contrasts with the neglect often seen in Portugal, suggesting that a society's ability to handle small, basic tasks is a precursor to its success in larger, more complex national challenges.
How is the security of daily life guaranteed? And, above all, who guarantees it: the State, the market, or an algorithm?
Failures in paving and sanitation were exacerbated by the recent storm.
Former president of the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC) Carlos Matias Ramos considered the project abandoned.
Pedro Moreira explained that CP's management system is certified by European bodies.
The damaged surface causes almost daily falls, some of them serious. At the terminal, a shelter has been destroyed since it was struck by a bus in August 2023. Passengers criticise the poor conditions.
The company emphasises that since 2018 it has already invested €22.5 million in the installation, replacement and modernisation of lifts, escalators and moving walkways.
E-redes announced scheduled electricity cuts for maintenance work on the electrical network.
