Lisbon's municipal assembly has approved the city's rules for the Programa Menos Ruído: up to 1,000 euros a home for soundproof windows, about 3,600 homes out of 100,000 exposed. Who qualifies, and when applications must open.
Repairs to the POL NATO fuel depot in Almada, which holds part of Portugal's strategic petroleum reserves, will cost up to 5.96 million euros and finish by the end of 2026, after an inspection of its underground pipelines found extra work was needed.
Metro Sul do Tejo drivers strike all day on 20 and 21 October, then for the last two hours of every shift until 27 October. Line 3 runs from 07:00 to 09:00 and 17:00 to 19:00; Line 2 riders should change at Bento Gonçalves.
The state defence holding idD and the Italian shipbuilder will take over the struggling yard under a sub-concession, in a transition of about a year tied to Portugal's frigate purchase.
Almada's Menos Ruído regulation pays 100 percent of acoustic windows, shutter boxes and insulation, up to 5,000 euros, for listed streets under the Lisbon approach.
More than 90 percent of single tickets on the Cais do Sodré to Cacilhas ferry are sold to tourists, the company's chair says. He will seek an above-inflation rise to cut its reliance on the state budget.
After a summer of cut-offs on the Caparica coast, Almada and Seixal will sign a borehole licence in October, and an agreement with EPAL opens a study of a supply link from Lisbon. The Environment Minister says the new airport makes a resilient peninsula supply urgent.
