As announced, on 22 January, at the press conference following the Council of Ministers meeting, the government decided to reclassify the Institute for Mobility and Transport as a Type B Public Institute, "thus recognising the size and complexities of its responsibilities."

The inspector career path will also be created, and productivity bonuses will be granted, and "mandatory hearings with unions are scheduled for the coming weeks," according to the Minister of Infrastructure, Miguel Pinto Luz.

The Government also decided to transfer all IMT counters to citizen service centres, also aiming to "facilitate the installation of inspection centres in low-density territories, assigning to municipalities the initiative to open a tender by the IMT."

Also, within the IMT, the Government aims to provide a single platform to replace dozens of scattered tools, prioritising digital channels.

The package also includes transferring all IMT inspections to the Inspection Centres, with a view to reducing response times for citizens and businesses through the network of inspection centres.

The executive also decided to assign to the IMT the supervision of modes of transport such as metros, tourist light trains, isolated rail networks, light metros, elevators and funiculars.

"This Council of Ministers approved the completion of the entire definition of the IMT as the licensing and supervisory entity for these modes of transport," Pinto Luz stressed.