The extension of the Red Line of the Lisbon Metro received prior approval from the Court of Auditors (TdC), but the work will have to await the decision of a legal action brought by a competitor in the competition, it was announced this Wednesday (March 27, 2024).
The contract relating to the execution of the contract for the design and construction of the extension of the red line between São Sebastião and Alcântara of the Metropolitano de Lisboa received prior approval from the Court of Auditors”, announced Metro de Lisboa in a statement. The total eligible cost predicted for the extension of the red line from São Sebastião station to Alcântara is 405.4 million euros. It is foreseen in the PRR – Resilience Recovery Plan 2021-2026, and has a European investment of 304 million euros and national financial support of 101.4 million euros.
This contract, signed on December 22, 2023 with the Complementary Group of Companies Metro S. Sebastião Alcântara, ACE, constituted by the groups Mota-Engil – Engenharia e Construção and SPIE Batignolles Internacional – branch in Portugal, with the contractual price of 321, 9 million euros (321,888,000.00 euros), plus VAT at the legal rate in force, awaits a decision from the Lisbon Administrative Court “regarding the lifting of the automatic suspensive effect arising from the action brought by one of the competitors in the competition ( FCC Construcción Contratas Y Ventas and Alberto Couto Alves)”, reads the statement.
Four seasons in four km
Metro says that the contract “was signed in strict compliance with and respect for the regime set out in the Public Contracts Code, after the legal deadlines and the subsequent legally established procedure have elapsed. With the decision now known by the Court of Auditors, the contract would be in a position to enter into force”.
The extension of the Red line to Alcântara will serve areas with strong attraction and generation of trips, with significant housing and employment density, schools, commerce and services, as well as being the target of major urban rehabilitation, such as the Alcântara area, explains the Lisbon Metro.
The extension will have a length of around 4 km and four new stations: Campolide/Amoreiras, Campo de Ourique, Infante Santo and Alcântara, the latter will connect to the future Sustainable Intermodal Line, promoting connection to the Municipality of Oeiras (LIOS Oeste) .
“It is estimated that the daily demand captured in the four stations that make up this extension will correspond to an increase of 4.7% of customers across the entire network, around 87.8% of the estimated increase in demand corresponds to current users of public transport ”, reveals Metro.
The demand captured in the segment of current users of individual transport represents 11.8%, corresponding to 3.7 thousand fewer individual vehicles circulating daily, with time gains of 72%, of which 53.2% correspond to current users, he adds the company.
Environmental Protection
“Considering the analysis over 30 years, avoided emissions will amount to 175.6 thousand tons of CO2, energy savings will amount to 29.2 thousand toe (Tons of Oil Equivalent)”, according to the Lisbon Metro, which also estimates that The transfer of passengers from road modes to the Lisbon Metro will avoid the emission of 6.2 thousand tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2) in the 1st year of operation.
“The Lisbon Metropolitano expansion plan therefore aims to contribute to improving mobility in the city of Lisbon, promoting accessibility and connectivity in public transport, promoting the reduction of travel times, decarbonization and mobility sustainable”, he concludes.
