Cities collaborating on railway projects
The Greater Lisbon Summit, hosted by SIC Notícias, brought together the mayors of Almada, Lisbon, Loures, Oeiras, and Sintra, along with the vice-president of the Cascais municipality, to discuss pressing issues such as housing, security, and transportation.
Among the discussions, the management of the Cascais line was a prominent topic. Lisbon's mayor, Carlos Moedas, was urged to lead the process. However, Moedas questioned whether the AML (Lisbon Metropolitan Area) should be led by the mayor of Lisbon alone.
Basílio Horta, the current president of the AML and mayor of Sintra, expressed his view that the railway in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area is suburban and should be metropolitan instead.
In response to a challenge from Isaltino Morais, the mayor of Oeiras, to focus more on the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Moedas addressed the crowd as "great Lisbonites, from Greater Lisbon." Morais, who has confirmed that they have been discussing the management of the Cascais line for a long time, urged Moedas to give more attention to the AML.
The redevelopment of the Cascais line is nearing completion, and the government program includes the possibility of granting concessions or sub-concessions for the management of railway infrastructure. Oeiras has already expressed its willingness to manage the line, but only as a partnership between the three municipalities.
Isaltino Morais, who will run as an independent in October, and Basílio Horta, the mayor of Sintra, will not be seeking re-election. Nuno Piteira Lopes, vice-mayor of Cascais, is considering opening a discussion on how the railway will be managed.
The capital's mayor, Carlos Moedas, has stated his objective to manage the concession for the line and the municipality's railway stations. The concession to private parties for the management of the Cascais line is planned, with the municipalities of Cascais, Oeiras, and Lisbon planning to manage it jointly.
[1] These municipalities aim to combine their efforts for the railway's management and works, advocating for a collaborative approach in the management of the Cascais railway line concession.
[1] In light of the upcoming concession for the management of the Cascais line, the municipalities of Cascais, Oeiras, and Lisbon have agreed to collaborate, aligning their efforts to efficiently manage the railway and its stations.
[2] Meanwhile, discussions in the realm of politics and general news center around the prospect of finance and industry being impacted by the management decisions made for the Cascais line and other transport infrastructures within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.
