Speaking to the Lusa agency, the councillor for Urbanism of the Porto Chamber, Pedro Baganha, clarified that the program, entitled Rede 20, intends to prioritize means of gentle mobility: bicycles, scooters and, above all, pedestrians.

"The city center has to change", observed Pedro Baganha.

With this network, the public space will have different streets: some intended for car traffic, which are part of the road network defined in the Municipal Master Plan (PDM), and others with limitations to road traffic, which will become part of Network 20.

The network will focus on the city centre, in a 2.4 square kilometer polygon defined by Álvares Cabral and Gonçalo Cristóvão streets (to the north), Restauração, D. Manuel II, Maternidade, Boa Nova and Boa Hora streets (to the west), and along the streets of Alegria and Fontaínhas (to the east).

The actions will be developed as the city center "no longer suffers from the constraints resulting from the metro works in progress" which will result in the new Pink line.

"We want the center to reopen with a different paradigm after the completion of the metro works", highlighted the councillor.

Network 20 will be implemented gradually and is expected to be completed in three years.