Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Chamber of Barreiro awaits new container terminal – Economic

Chamber of Barreiro awaits new container terminal – Economic

Nuno Miguel Silva



 C # & XE2; mara Barreiro awaits new container terminal

President of Communist authority Barreiro supports project the Government. Study of the Port of Lisbon gives the advantage Barreiro against Trafaria on three criteria against.

The government’s decision to opt for the location of Barreiro to build new container terminal in the port of Lisbon is for days . The Economic Daily knows that a comparative study commissioned Directors of the Port of Lisbon (APL), which was contributed by consultants McKinsey, the roads of Portugal and Refer, the choice of Barry won the alternative Trafaria in three of the four criteria analyzed. Also the municipality of Barry defends the terminal in the region.

Among the various factors, the financial test (lower investment due to lower demand in component accessibility) and environmental, in which the possibility of co- Community funding for the remediation of toxic products deposited on the bed of the Tagus river in the Barreiro region, also played a predominant role.

“The Port of Lisbon and LNEC are doing a survey work of the advantages of that location Barreiro put into public consultation,” he said yesterday the Secretary of State for Transport, Sérgio Silva Monteiro, who confirmed that Trafaria is superior to one of the four criteria and the three Barreiro.

In the study, which official source of APL admitted to the Economic Daily is being prepared some time ago and whose initial findings have already been sent to the Ministry Economy, the Government dropped the option of Trafaria due to the opposition of the Municipality of Almada, while it has benefited from the support of the Municipality of Barreiro. “We have no power in our study, but the major findings of this paper suggest that the best solution to the container terminal in the port of Lisbon would Barreiro,” he told Daily Economic Carlos Humberto, president of the municipality.

“The decision to locate the container terminal in Barreiro is welcome and is part of our development strategy in the former territory of the CUF and Quimigal, now managed by the public company Baía do Tejo”, underlines Carlos Humberto for whom this “It’s an interesting solution.” “We are willing to consider this possibility and to satisfaction.” On issues that are not fully closed, Carlos Humberto highlights the accessibility and urban insertion of the new project in the urban county. “In questions of accessibility, there are already some solutions considered during the research undertaken in the TTT – Third Tagus Crossing, but lack clarify some aspects Anyway, the issue of accessibility is less demanding than one might initially think.” admits. According to the mayor, “in terms of internal access, two bridges or crossings will have to be built,” existing “two hypotheses, one between Barreiro and Seixal, and another that is a link between the Montijo and Barreiro, for later connection the Vasco da Gama Bridge. “

” These assumptions contained internal accessibility of the various assessments that have been made, are being considered. Also we see carefully rail aspects. Refer A and EP have been following these matters, “advances.

The next steps to formalize the choice of Barry for the new terminal pass through the formal announcement of the decision, for conducting environmental impact studies on the project, the submission of applications eligible for Community funding and negotiations with private investors who may be interested in this investment aspects.

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