The Government has given the green light to the construction of a new metro line that will connect the municipalities of Loures and Odivelas to the surface. The project, called the Violet Line, will have a total of 17 stations and will be approximately 11.5 kilometres long.
The Violet Line will be a light surface metro system that will serve the parishes of Loures, Santo António dos Cavaleiros and Frielas, Póvoa de Santo Adrião and Olival de Basto, Odivelas, Ramada and Caneças. The line will be financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan and the State Budget.
The financing model for this line was a source of disagreement between the Government and the councils of Loures and Odivelas, as the authority wanted the municipalities to assume part of the investment. However, the president of Loures City Council, Ricardo Leão (PS), welcomed this Government decision, stressing that “the conditions are met for the work to move forward”.