The Porto Public Transport Society (STCP) plans to invest a total of 109 million euros until 2034, of which 88.3 million in bus operations, according to the new public service contract, Lusa consulted this Friday.
“In global terms, The investment plan for the period covered by the public service contract amounts to approximately 109 million euros.“, can be read in the public service contract with the municipalities of Greater Porto, to which Lusa had access.
What is at stake is the new public service contract that should come into force in January 2025, after the current one ends at the end of the year.
An investment of 88.3 million euros is planned for the operation of busesdistributed among vehicles, charging stations and improvements at the Francos, Areosa and Vía Norte collection stations.
For specific vehicles, an amount of 62 million euros is expected, between 8 million euros for 20 standard electric buses (2025), 24 million euros for 60 articulated natural gas buses (10 in 2025, 25 in 2026 and 25 in 2027) and 16.5 million euros for 22 double-decker electric buses (2028).
Double chargers (1.9 million euros), the acquisition of batteries for vehicles (11.6 million euros) and the infrastructure for chargers (950 thousand euros) are other expenses associated with investment in vehicles.
Regarding the collection stations, the requalification of Francos costs three million euros, and the investment in the Areosa and Via Norte stations amounts to 10.6 million euros, divided between the Areosa contract (2 million euros) , the contract to receive photovoltaic panels at the two stations (5.6 million euros) or the electrical installation associated with the panels (2.6 million euros).
The panels themselves will cost 5.5 million euros, an amount similar to that planned for other road support projects for STCP operations (5.8 million).
The remaining 20 million euros of STCP investment correspond to innovation and other projects (12 million euros), computer software and equipment (3.5 million euros), office and administrative equipment (2.2 million euros ) and other projects (2.9 million euros).
Regarding personnel expenses, “STCP plans to reinforce the workforce with the hiring of 48 employees for the BRT modality” [metrobus]estimating “a total workforce assigned to the public road passenger transport service contract of 1,456 employees between 2026 and 2034.”
The municipalities of Greater Porto shareholders of STCP will pay 344 million euros to the transporter until 2034, under the new public service contract valid for 10 years.
The shareholder municipalities of the STCP are at stake: Porto (53.69%), Vila Nova de Gaia (12.04%), Matosinhos (11.98%), Maia (9.61%), Gondomar (7.28 %) and Valongo (5.4%).
The new document must be approved by the respective executives and municipal assemblies.
Source: Observadora
