The new bridge over the Tagus River has been promised for a long time. Now the government goes further and wants to build a road tunnel underwater – which will connect Algés to Trafaria.
The government will announce a megapacote of infrastructure for the country in the coming weeks, which includes a new bridge over the Tagus and a Road Tunnel Immersed in Rio.
According to, this tunnel will connect Algés (Oeiras, Lisbon) Stencil (Almada, Setúbal).
Along with a new crossing on the Tagus (the third, after the bridges 25 April and Vasco da Gama), This tunnel is a supplicated work for many yearsespecially by the mayors and inhabitants of the southern bank.
In an investment that can overcome the MILL MILLION EURSthe main purpose of this tunnel is Daily Traffic Relief in the bridges that connect Lisbon on the south bank.
This plan will include a new port strategic plan for Portugal, announced the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luzat the Conference “Portugal 2030: Strategic Future for the Construction Sector”, organized by the Association of Civil Construction Industrials and Public Works (AICCOPN).
At the conference organized by the Association of Civil Construction and Public Works (AICCOPN), Miguel Pinto Luz also mentioned that it will meet the “incessant will” to ensure the existence of Sleep connection between Portalegre, Beja and Sines.
Asked by the Economic regarding the road tunnel under the Tagus River, the Ministry of Infrastructures refused to comment and referred precisely to the presentation of “a large road package” that in the coming weeks, the Prime Minister and the Government itself will to do.
