The tunnel (which is 130 meters long, 6.4 meters in outer diameter and a 70 -tonne cutting head) will start building the second tunnel that will turn on Blessed to Chelas, in an extension of about one kilometer.
Traffic in some areas of Lisbon will be affected in the mornings of this Tuesday and Wednesday morning, due to the trip of Tuneradora do (PGDL) from Santa Apolónia to Blessed, informed the Lisbon City Council.
Source of the Lisbon City Council told Lusa that “due to the dimension of transportation [da tuneladora]this will cross the Infante D. Henrique Avenue twice, so a significant impact on local traffic is foreseen, especially during the morning of September 23 and 24, “the H2oli tuneral tuneral tuneral tuneral has shown in turn.
The tunnel (which is 130 meters long, 6.4 meters in outer diameter and a 70 tonne cutting head) will start building the second tunnel that will connect Blessed to Chelas, an extension of about a kilometer.
The first PGDL tunnel, with a length of five kilometers, connecting Campolide to Santa Apolónia, began to be built in December 2023 and was completed on July 22 this year. It is expected that the according to tunnel is concluded from the end of 2026.
Important work to face floods and floods
Common total investment of about 250 million euros, The PGDL – first announced in 2006, but only advanced in 2015, with Fernando Medina (PS) in the presidency of the municipality – is considered a important work to face floods and floods in the capital, But the major interventions, namely the construction of tunnels, only ripped into 2023 under the presidency of Carlos Cois (PSD).
The work has contemplated an I79 million euros to 2025.
The two tunnels will capture the water collected at two high points (Monsanto and Chelas), as well as in additional points of capture, along their way, namely Av. Da Liberdade, Santa Marta Street and Almirante Reis Avenue, conducting the volume of water to the receiving medium, the Tagus River (in Santa Apolónia and Beato), according to the PGDL website.
