Sentence
“With this administration, with this government, the IP meets the final dates. The commitment that IP was subjected to was with me was in the first quarter in which the work was completed. The work was completed, the construction, in the first quarter.”
Miguel Pinto Luz, Minister of Infrastructure and Housing in an interview with the public
Context
M General interviewThe Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luz, said that the Bayra Alta line will be completed until the first quarter of 2025. He also said that the line (closed for business since April 2022) “will reopen” in the sense that he will be able to transport trains, not in commercial operations, but for approval of approval tests that are necessary. And “and called on the audience to” 31 to come with me to make the first road to the train on the entire line, while completing the work already. “
Facts
Berra Alta’s line has ended The update works In April 2022 for nine months. On November 25, the 38 km section between Garda and Celorico Da Beira was reopened. According to an official source of the Ministry of Infrastructure, it should be reopened in March another section between Celorico Da Beira and Mangualde (39 km), which was scheduled to be held on March 31, but was postponed until April 6.
Today, March 31, Minister Pinto Luz will conduct a “technical visit” to the Beira Alta line, but only between Marraga and Bambilhusa and not the entire line as announced.
Building work is far from the end. node Trezói tunnel (Mortágua County) In the coming weeks, it will be necessary to raise dishes and bars to replace the entire pour, thus boycotting and re -transforming blood circulation. Near Mortágua in courses to unify the slope to the entrance to the Ribeira tunnel, which must last for about two months.
At stations, we need to end the shelters for travelers, along the line, the lamp is the lamp and build a transit mill.
Electronic signals do not work. The project expects to reopen the line with the modern ErtMs signals system (European traffic management system in shortening the English language), but at the present time, IP is just trying to replace the same system that was present before business, but with many difficulties due to the loss of optical cables fiber and other equipment.
The minister’s trip will be made in a formally banned line, closed to exploration, in the “path of sight”, which means that the driver must be ready to stop at the lowest obstacle and not exceed 30 km/hour.
“They will be able to cross trains, but not in the commercial process.” However, during the works that are always circulated by contractors, as well as many railway compounds to work, in the same “Sight March” trading system in an IP inspection car they will travel today.
The ruler also said that he will take a trip “Restore” Throughout the line (it was supposed to be between Bambilhusa and a 156 km guardian), but he would only travel 23 km.
Even the claim that from now on, even if the works are already completed, certificates depend on entities outside the IP, this is not true because, according to the official IMT source (the entity that is responsible for reopening the line), this body is awaiting submitting the director of the infrastructure to complete the continuous evaluation.
Ruling
It is wrong that the Beira Alta line is partially or completely reopened at the end of the first third of the pregnancy. It is wrong to complete construction work. It is wrong that only trains can now be traded for testing. It is wrong for the minister to make a trip in the entire line.
