Road maintenance news in Portugal

Latest news and stories about road maintenance in Portugal for expats and residents.

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Traffic restrictions on the IC19 between Saturday and Sunday

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Traffic on the IC19 in the Lisbon district will be restricted this Saturday and Sunday due to maintenance work on the central reservation, Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) announced on Thursday, October 15. The work will take place between kilometers 7 and 10 in the Lisbon-Sintra direction, and it will be necessary to close lanes between 11:00 PM on the 17th and 6:00 AM on the 18th to ensure the safety of users and workers, IP clarified.

dn.pt15 Oct

Traffic restrictions on the IC19 between Saturday and Sunday

Junction of Rua de Portugal and Rua das Pereiras to have renovated pavements, new road surface and improved signage in Valongo

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Valongo council announces infrastructure improvements for the intersection of Rua de Portugal and Rua das Pereiras, including sidewalk repairs, resurfacing, and updated traffic signs.

Novum Canal14 Oct

IP3 to have several sections closed between Coimbra and Viseu next week

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This is due to the need for maintenance on the expansion joints of the bridge over the Dão River and work scheduled as part of the IP3 dual carriageway project.

cmjornal.pt4 Sept

IP3 to have several sections closed between Coimbra and Viseu next week

IP invests 18.3 million in the recovery of affected roads

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31 national roads and complementary routes in the district are covered. The government authorised a total of 79.7 million for six districts affected by the storms in January and February.

observador.pt10 Aug

IP invests 18.3 million in the recovery of affected roads

Leixões movable bridge in Matosinhos reopens to traffic in August

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Maintenance work finishes about a month ahead of schedule

cnnportugal.iol.pt6 Aug

Leixões movable bridge in Matosinhos reopens to traffic in August

Beja District - Infraestruturas de Portugal launches tender for pavement maintenance on the IC1

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Infraestruturas de Portugal has opened a public tender for road surface maintenance works on the IC1 highway in the Beja district.

Jornal A Planície22 Jun

Beja District - Infraestruturas de Portugal launches tender for pavement maintenance on the IC1

Infraestruturas de Portugal pushes repairs of Arruda's most damaged roads to 2027

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The state-owned company Infraestruturas de Portugal has postponed the necessary road maintenance works in the Arruda dos Vinhos municipality until 2027.

O Mirante22 Jun

Infraestruturas de Portugal pushes repairs of Arruda's most damaged roads to 2027

Cinfães launches tender to rehabilitate most urgent roads

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The tender will be used for the consolidation of escarpments and retaining walls for public roads. The mayor of Cinfães recalls that in February, “villages were left isolated, with the destruction of roads and embankments.”

observador.pt2 Jun

Cinfães launches tender to rehabilitate most urgent roads

13.5 million to maintain the Marão Tunnel

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Infraestruturas de Portugal has opened a public tender for the operation and maintenance of the A4, A24, and A35 motorways. Proposals are due by 27 April; the contract lasts for five years.

Observador27 Mar

13.5 million to maintain the Marão Tunnel

IP launches public tender worth 13.5 million euros for maintenance of the A24, A35 and A4

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The activities to be carried out include the inspection and monitoring of the roads, as well as the execution of maintenance and repair work on all components of the road infrastructure.

Correio da Manhã27 Mar

IP launches public tender worth 13.5 million euros for maintenance of the A24, A35 and A4

Complaints at the city council: in the middle of one of Portugal's largest cities there are paths that 'look more like a lunar landscape'

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The complaint comes from the Socialist Party (PS), which mocked the condition of the roads in the city of Braga, where it has observed 'holes and craters'.

CNN Portugal2 Feb

Complaints at the city council: in the middle of one of Portugal's largest cities there are paths that 'look more like a lunar landscape'

Snow falls with an 'extraordinary' force in Serra da Estrela (and there are even autonomous cleaning machines in action)

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CNN Portugal went to Serra da Estrela, where the amount of snow falling forces the snowploughs to traverse the road up and down 'almost every 15 minutes'.

CNN Portugal23 Jan

Snow falls with an 'extraordinary' force in Serra da Estrela (and there are even autonomous cleaning machines in action)

EN125 users warn that the road's deterioration endangers those who use it

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Over the past eight years there has been “no proper structural rehabilitation”, and the lack of works has left the section between Vila Nova de Cacela and Tavira degraded, says the Citizenship Movement.

Correio da Manhã17 Jan

EN125 users warn that the road's deterioration endangers those who use it

Portugal

1340:The Battle of Salado
Afonso IV of Portugal and his son-in-law Alfonso XI of Castile rout the Marinid army of Abu al-Hasan and the forces of Granada at the Battle of Salado near Tarifa, ending the last major Moroccan invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.
Read more The Burgundian kings, 1249–1383
1954: The Ponte de Santa Clara over the Mondego at Coimbra, designed by the engineers Edgar Cardoso and António Franco de Abreu, is inaugurated by Salazar, replacing the iron bridge of 1875.

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1938: Orson Welles's radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds' is broadcast by CBS, its realistic news-bulletin format causing alarm among some listeners who believed Martians had landed in New Jersey.

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