The North 2030 regional operational program, put up for public consultation this Friday, has an estimated allocation of 45.6 million euros for urban mobility, of which half for cycling infrastructure, and 94 million for rail.
According to the document made available this Friday by the Commission for Coordination and Regional Development of the North (CCDR-N), the managing authority of the North 2030, of the 45.6 million euros allocated to the specific objective of “sustainable multimodal urban mobility” , half (22.8 million euros) are for “bicycle infrastructures”.
The second “slice” that stands out the most in the specific objective refers to digitization, among the 11.4 million euros of the item “digitalization of transport whose objective is, in part, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: transport urban”, and 2.28 million euros for the “digitization of urban transport” item.
There are also 2.28 million euros for each of the following areas: “clean urban transport infrastructure”, “clean urban transport rolling stock”, “infrastructure for alternative fuels” and “physical rehabilitation and security of public spaces”.
Investments aimed at increasing the capacity of the road infrastructure for private vehicles will not be supported”, can also be read in the same document, regarding this specific objective.
The text also mentions that “investments aimed at increasing the capacity of car parks not associated with modal interfaces and promoting the use of public transport and shared mobility will not be supported”.
Of these, the “’Park & Ride’ [parqueie e viaje] in the outer limits or outside urban areas.
In terms of urban mobility, the Territorial Plan for a Just Transition (PTTJ) of Matosinhos, related to the conversion of the old Petrogal refinery, into a city of innovation linked to the “energies of the future”, also allocates funds for transport, namely 20 million euros for “clean urban transport infrastructures”.
As for the railway, the 94.8 million present in the program made available this Friday point to the “Interventions on the Douro Line, Marco-Régua (2nd phase) and Régua-Pocinho, on the Vouga Line”in addition to “considering the relevance of expanding and reinforcing the network, namely, the construction of a new railway line in Vale do Sousa”.
Thus, actions such as “technical and engineering studies and projects”, “modernization and electrification of lines and sections of lines”, “construction and requalification of sections and variants” or “elimination of level crossings, safety black spots” are planned. railway. and other accident points and improvement of crossings”.
Also included are the “signaling and communication and digitization systems” and the “requalification of stations and stops and creation of conditions for interfaces between different modes of transport”.
The next Portugal 2030 community support program specifically allocates 3,400 million euros for the North region, within the framework of the Regional Operational Program, an amount similar to that of the North 2020, still in force.
Financed with European funds within the framework of the Portugal 2030 Association Agreement, Norte 2030 is one of the financial instruments to support the implementation of regional and subregional development strategies in the North, together with the thematic programs of Portugal 2030, as well as the Plan of Recovery and Resilience (PRR), the Strategic Plan of the Common Agrarian Policy (PEPAC) and the European programs of territorial cooperation, among other national and community public instruments.
Source: Observadora
