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Portugal road disruptions and upgrades

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2026-08-07 14:04 UTC → 2026-08-10 11:12 UTC · added removed

Coordinated temporary measures across Portugal continued through July‑August July–August 2026, extending earlier road‑work road-work programmes. Night‑time Night-time traffic restrictions were first imposed on the IP‑3 IP-3 corridor between Tondela and Viseu on 11‑13 11–13 May, diverting vehicles onto the former EN‑2 EN-2 while concrete barriers and new signage were installed. On 9 July the main IC‑3 IC-3 segment between Penela and Condeixa‑a‑Nova, Condeixa-a-Nova, closed since February after storm Kristin, reopened partially for a single lane with alternating flow controlled by traffic lights; only light vehicles and emergency services may use it, while heavy‑vehicle heavy-vehicle traffic remains blocked. From 13 July to the end Following storm Kristin, Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) has restored 56 of August 57 road links in the historic wall of Santarém district. The sole remaining closure is being rehabilitated, the EN243 in Alcanena, with conditioned traffic reopening expected in the fourth quarter of 2024 after a €150,000 slope-stabilisation project begins in August. Other priority works include a €1.3 million slope stabilisation on Rua Luís de Camões, Travessa das Figueiras EN2 near Abrantes, a €1.5 million restoration of a segment of EN114, and adjacent streets. Reguengos de Monsaraz carries out street‑cleaning resurfacing on several urban roads EN118, with some projects expected to continue until 2027. On the IP-3 corridor, nightly closures between 13‑17 July, 21:00 and EN‑17 in Miranda do Corvo begins a three‑month talude‑stabilisation programme on 16 July, operating under traffic‑light control 05:00 are scheduled for 10–13 August. These diversions, which redirect traffic to the EN2, target segments between Tondela Sul and Canas de Santa Maria, and subsequently between Canas de Santa Maria and São Miguel de Outeiro. These interventions are part of a 30 km/h limit by day. Foot traffic at €103 million project to duplicate approximately 27.5 km of the level crossing highway to improve connectivity between the coast and the central interior. Other regional works include the rehabilitation of the historic wall of Santarém, street-cleaning in Tunes is closed on 17‑19 July while Reguengos de Monsaraz, and a new pedestrian‑bridge deck is installed; vehicular access three-month stabilisation programme on Estrada dos Amendoais is also conditioned. Porto’s EN-17 in Miranda do Corvo. In Porto, the city council reverses implemented several one‑way arrangements traffic changes in the Baixa district on 13 July, adding 500 m of bus‑only lane on Rua de Ceuta, including new bus corridors on Rua da Restauração and Campo Mártires da Pátria, and an electric‑car lane on Rua dos Clérigos. Nightly partial closures on the IP‑3 segment between Santa Comba Dão and Viseu run from 27‑31 July and resume on 10‑13 August, with traffic detoured onto EN‑2 in both directions; works include widening to a 2×2 lane profile, temporary signage and concrete barriers as part of a €103 million duplication and re‑qualification project. electric-car lane.

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  1. 2026-08-10 11:12 UTC Portugal road disruptions and upgrades
  2. 2026-08-07 14:04 UTC Portugal road disruptions and upgrades
  3. 2026-08-01 16:42 UTC Portugal road disruptions and upgrades

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