The first four rapid charging stations for electric vehicles were assembled on Monday on the highway Lisbon-Algarve, in Palmela, Alcacer, Aljustrel and Loulé. The option to begin the distribution of equipment for access to the south has a character “symbolic” because it is the area most in demand this time of year. The Assistant Secretary of State for the Environment, Jose Mestre, said that the 50 machines that will be installed on the main roads and cities cost 1.8 million euros.
In the last two weeks, Joseph Mendes has traveled the country to sign with municipalities and intermunicipal Communities letters of “commitment” to decentralize powers in the field of transport management. On Monday it was the turn of the Intermunicipal Community of the Algarve – Amal declare its “full readiness” to take over as Regional Authority of Sustainable Urban Mobility. “The region has decades of disarticulation – each speaking in turn,” acknowledged the President of Amal, Jorge Botelho, highlighting the importance of this initiative which brings together about three dozen entities. The future transport plan, managed by Amal, may mean paying more taxes, to be launched by the local authorities. The law, said the secretary of state, “lets you apply fees” to finance the project. In the initial phase, the government has provided a ‘transitional funding “for hiring technicians. The eventual transition to a “definitive” background, he said, will only take place if negotiations for the State Budget for 2017 are successful.
The minister placed special emphasis
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