The Deputies of the Socialist Party elected by the Algarve, Jamila Madeira, Jorge Botelho and Luís Graça, are subscribers to Bill No. 72/XVI authored by the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party, which aims to eliminate toll fees on Via do Infante and on sections and subsections of motorways in the Interior (ex-SCUT), or where there are no alternative routes that allow quality and safe use, informs PS Algarve in a note sent to our editorial team.
The proposal, which constituted one of the main points of the Socialist Party’s electoral commitment to the 2024 Legislative elections, follows the successive discounts materialized during the PS Governments that allowed an overall reduction in tolls of more than 60%.
Remember that in 2015, with the PSD/CDS Government, crossing Via do Infante de Lagos to Vila Real de Santo António cost €11.60, whereas with the Socialist Party Government it currently costs €4.65.
For the PS deputies elected by the Algarve, after a reduction of more than 60% in the cost of tolls and with the improvement of the country’s financial conditions, which presented a budget surplus at the end of 2023, the end of tolls on Via do Infante and the old Scuts from the interior is a measure of justice that is naturally imposed.
