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Praia Grande and Praia das Maçãs will have parking meters from June to September. Rates reach up to 14 euros per day in the town. The opposition demands a suspension of the expansion and calls it an 'attack on residents'.
Following an operation against illegal street vending, the former reality show contestant calls for a solution.
After Lisbon and Porto urban lines were opened to the possibility of sub‑concession, the mayor of Cascais has proposed that Cascais — together with Oeiras and Lisbon — take over management of the Cascais suburban line and make train journeys within the municipality free for residents, workers and students. The proposal reframes the sub‑concession debate as an opportunity for local control but raises practical questions about funding the revenue shortfall, coordinating services across municipalities, the legal and contractual steps required, and the potential impacts on ridership, local traffic and equity.
Communist, Left Bloc and Green parties on Lisbon city council have called for a block on new hotels in the city as one of the solutions to the housing crisis The post City Council rejects call to ban new hotels in Lisbon appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The proposal, presented by the PCP 'with urgency', was unanimously approved in a private meeting of the executive.
