Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a meeting held with Algarve councils earlier this week, Minister Pedro Marques said: “I hope, by the end of this year, to have the negotiating procedure complete for the work, which is the responsibility of the concessionaire, to take place then, and so, by the end of this year, start of the coming year, the interventions will certainly be unlocked.”
Minister Marques added that the delay is not being caused by a lack of financing but because Public-Private Partnership negotiations are still ongoing.
“We are now waiting to conclude negotiations with the concessionaire [Rotas do Algarve Litoral] and I want to have that negotiation done by the end of the year, which will allow us to restart the [road] work”, he elaborated.
The Minister stressed that the “essential work”, between Olhão and Vila do Bispo, should be finished by next summer.
Work along the EN125 partially restarted in 2014 after a two-year stoppage, and was interrupted again in July this year at the request of local councils, to avoid hampering traffic during the busy summer months.
At the time it was stipulated that work would be picked up once again in September, but that failed to happen.
EN125 road work expected to restart next year
in Algarve · 27 Oct 2016, 12:03 · 2 Comments
What a disgrace!!
The worst road i have ever seen for over 10 years. Many people are killed evry year on this road.
The Algarve mainly survives because of foreign tourist and instead of investing money on this road they introduce toll on the E22. This is probably no issue (money wise) for foreign tourist but the local portuguese companies are financially punished and the consequences are that they have to use the terrible bad maintained 125. Shame on Portugal. Portugal is quilty of all the accidents and killed people occured on the 125 in the Algarve. People stand up fight put in lawsuits and claim money. That's s the only way to wake up the quilty government.
Good news?. ..no bad news the road should have been done over 10 years ago and the toll road E22 never, never should have been installed.
By Bashke from Porto on 28 Oct 2016, 10:53
So how many years has this been going on? New excuses appear but are the same. The change in Government has had no effect in speeding up this process. Recently visited the eastern side of Alentejo and was surprised at the superb road network there. It is most welcome as there is a huge need for an increase in tourism in that area. However. in the Algarve where the economy is broadly based on the tourism industry there appears to be a continual lack of investment. I trust that when (if) the works do go ahead they are planned for the winter months and not in the middle of summer. I know... pie in the sky!!
By John Taylor from Algarve on 03 Nov 2016, 14:50