An order in today's Diário da República lets AVAN Norte take immediate possession of about 125 hectares for the high-speed line's third sub-section. Here is what owners in Ovar and Feira are entitled to, from the site survey to the compensation offer.
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.
Mota-Engil's TGV consortium refiled the Porto-Soure Lot A RECAPE on 3 June 2026, swapping the rejected Vale do Paraíso surface station for a 70-metre buried platform at Santo Ovídio and folding twin Douro crossings into one road-rail bridge — anchoring a 72-day APA window.
APA rejected the AVAN Norte project on 20 December 2025; Lote 1 build-start slips to Q3 2026. Lote 2 reopened at €1.603 billion with one bidder. 2030 target officially held; full operation reads 2032.
Cresap has cleared former DGEG chief Paulo Carmona as next president of Infraestruturas de Portugal, starting May. IP posts €135M 2025 net profit (+8.8%) — a record since 2015. Carmona inherits the TGV Porto–Lisboa line, Porto–Vigo, and the Lisboa–Madrid link with the Third Tagus Crossing.
