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Lisbon's Chelas-Beato Drainage Tunnel Slips to 2029 as Santa Apolónia Metro Faces an Eight-Month Shutdown — Câmara Awaits LNEC Calculations to Open the Second Bore of the €250 Million Plano Geral de Drenagem

Lisbon's Chelas-Beato Drainage Tunnel Slips to 2029 as Santa Apolónia Metro Faces an Eight-Month Shutdown — Câmara Awaits LNEC Calculations to Open the Second Bore of the €250 Million Plano Geral de Drenagem

Lisbon's Chelas-Beato drainage tunnel — the second of two storm-water bores in the €250 million Plano Geral de Drenagem — now completes in 2029, with Santa Apolónia metro facing an eight-month shutdown once LNEC releases the structural calculations.
The Portugal Brief
Brisav Sends the RECAPE for Porto-Oiã High-Speed Rail Sections 4 and 5 Out to Public Consultation From 8 June — 15 Working Days on the Participa Portal Test the Gaia Station Move to Vilar do Paraíso and the Twin-Bridge Douro Crossing

Brisav Sends the RECAPE for Porto-Oiã High-Speed Rail Sections 4 and 5 Out to Public Consultation From 8 June — 15 Working Days on the Participa Portal Test the Gaia Station Move to Vilar do Paraíso and the Twin-Bridge Douro Crossing

Brisav opens public consultation on the Porto-Oiã high-speed rail subsections 4 and 5 via the Participa portal on 8 June, with 15 working days to test APA's December 2025 rejection over the Gaia station relocation to Vilar do Paraíso and the twin-bridge Douro crossing.
The Portugal Brief
Assembleia da República Reaches Cross-Bench Consensus on Reopening the Linha do Corgo — 96-Kilometre Régua-Vila Real-Chaves Trás-os-Montes Spine Last Operated in 2009 Heads Back to the Plano Ferroviário Nacional Pipeline

Assembleia da República Reaches Cross-Bench Consensus on Reopening the Linha do Corgo — 96-Kilometre Régua-Vila Real-Chaves Trás-os-Montes Spine Last Operated in 2009 Heads Back to the Plano Ferroviário Nacional Pipeline

The Comissão de Infraestruturas, Mobilidade e Habitação closed its 7 June hearing on the Linha do Corgo reopening petition with cross-bench support — left wants an accelerated calendar, right wants viability studies first, and each party now files a resolution project for the plenary vote.
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