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Porto's Assembleia Municipal Approves Free Public Transport for the City's 252,687 Residents — €20.5 Million-a-Year Cartão Porto Will Cover the Whole Andante Network From January 2027, With a Pedro Duarte Push to Pull the Start Forward to This Summer

Porto's Assembleia Municipal Approves Free Public Transport for the City's 252,687 Residents — €20.5 Million-a-Year Cartão Porto Will Cover the Whole Andante Network From January 2027, With a Pedro Duarte Push to Pull the Start Forward to This Summer

Porto's Assembleia Municipal voted Monday night to make public transport free for the city's 252,687 residents — a €20.5 million-a-year Cartão Porto scheme covering the entire Andante network. Legal start: 1 January 2027. Câmara president Pedro Duarte is pushing for a summer 2026 rollout.
The Portugal Brief
€60 Million for Casa Branca-Beja Electrification, €80 Million for Alentejo Farmers, a 12-Month Credit-Moratorium Rollover and Aqua SA Under Macário Correia — Inside the Beja Council of Ministers Package

€60 Million for Casa Branca-Beja Electrification, €80 Million for Alentejo Farmers, a 12-Month Credit-Moratorium Rollover and Aqua SA Under Macário Correia — Inside the Beja Council of Ministers Package

Thursday's first decentralised Council of Ministers in Beja booked €60M for Casa Branca-Beja electrification, three bi-mode trains for early 2027, €80M for Alentejo farmers, the new Aqua SA water vehicle under Macário Correia, and a twelve-month rollover of the storm-Kristin credit moratorium.
The Portugal Brief