Metropolitano de Lisboa will spend more than 1.5 million euros to study the extension of Metro Sul do Tejo to Costa de Caparica

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The project aims to promote a quick and structuring connection between the University Campus of the Faculty of Science and Technology of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Costa de Caparica.

By delegation of the State, the Lisbon Metro will carry out studies, surveys and other ancillary work necessary to launch the contracting procedure for the extension of the South Tagus Metro to Costa de Caparica.

The Metropolitano de Lisboa was the public entity chosen by the Government to carry out these works based on the national and international experience it has in this field and taking into account the nature of the project, the degree of complexity of the procedures inherent to the implementation of investments in high-capacity on-site public transport systems (TCSP) and the associated deadlines financing under the Climate Action and Sustainability Program (PACS).

The extension of the surface light rail system from the south bank of the Tagus to Costa de Caparica is one of the TCSP system projects in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area considered a priority by the State and is included in Portugal’s Climate Action and Sustainability Program (PACS). 2030. PACS foresees an allocation of 3.1 billion euros, financed by Cohesion Fundintended to finance projects within the priorities defined for this Program, including sustainable urban mobility.

The project aims to promote a quick and structuring connection between the University Campus of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the New University of Lisbon and Costa de Caparica, extending into a corridor that will serve Trafaria, São João da Caparica, Quinta do Torrão, Quinta de Santo António and Costa de Caparica, ensuring better connectivity of this territory to the current Metro Sul do Tejo network.

For these studies, Metropolitano de Lisboa was authorized to carry out the corresponding expenditure, up to the total amount of €1,650,000.00 (one million, six hundred and fifty thousand euros), a value to which VAT is added at the legal rate in force.