The protest is reflected in a public petition that is gathering a growing number of signatures and demanding an end to the toll at that specific point on the road network.

At issue is an infrastructure used daily by residents and workers of Charneca da Caparica and surrounding areas, for whom the toll represents a regular cost associated with daily commutes, with no viable alternatives to avoid payment.

According to the newspaper Diário do Distrito, the signatories of the petition argue that the Quinta da Queimada interchange has an essentially local function, mainly serving commuter traffic within the same geographical area. The road is considered fundamental for the mobility of those who live and work in the region.

According to the same source, the lack of effective alternative routes makes tolls an unavoidable burden for thousands of users, who end up bearing a daily cost associated with simply accessing the main road links.

The newspaper writes that the continued growth of the petition reflects widespread discontent with the toll policy applied to that stretch of road. For many signatories, the toll is perceived as an additional factor of financial pressure on households.

The publication adds that the central demand is for total exemption from payment, based on the argument that traffic is mostly local and that the infrastructure does not correspond to a long-distance highway logic.