A tribunal has ordered the State to pay Autoestradas do Atlântico about 55 million euros for traffic lost when tolls came to the former SCUT motorways. The government may use it to negotiate a longer A8 contract.
INE's flash estimate puts October inflation at 3.8 percent, up from 3.6 percent, with energy 17.4 percent dearer than a year ago. The excluding-housing rate of 3.72 percent is the one toll contracts use, pointing to tolls up about 3.82 percent from 1 January.
The council wants to take over the road up to Carcavelos and says the State will not fund a central reservation, a roundabout and cameras. Nothing is decided, and drivers from Oeiras and Lisbon would pay.
An AMT study says the fuel levy and tolls that pay for Portugal's roads are both shrinking, as motorway concessions start to expire in 2028. Its options: distance charging for lorries and vans, congestion charges, and a levy electric cars would pay too.
How Portuguese motorway tolls work, which roads are now free, what Via Verde costs, how to pay with foreign plates, and what to do if you missed a toll.
Speed limits, the alcohol limit, what to carry, how electronic tolls work, and how to pay or contest a traffic fine and protect your licence points.
