Wider exemptions on A22 tolls
The government will not abandon plans to introduce tolls on the A22 (Via do Infante) motorway, but residents could be exempted from having to pay tolls throughout the route for
Anti-tolls group plans new protest
Anti-tolls activists have announced that they will convene a meeting with all the region’s associations on December 9 to plan further protests over the winter. The ‘No to Tolls’ organisation
Government pledges balance on tolls
The Minister of Public Works, António Mexia, has said that the government will take into account the quality of alternative routes and the level of regional development when introducing tolls
No to tolls
Everyone on the EN125 All of the region’s business associations, including ACRAL, NERA, CEAL, AIHSA, AHETA, the RTA and the Junta Metropolitana, are poised to boycott the Via do Infante
Paderne wants link to motorway
Francisco Guerreiro, the President of the Junta de Freguesia of Paderne, is protesting about the isolation of the village and demanding the fulfilment of the promise to construct a link
No to tolls!
The Junta Metropolitana do Algarve and business associations in the region are calling for a general protest against the proposed toll booths on the Via do Infante (A22). The action
Anti-toll protest planned
António Mexia, the Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications, has criticised Algarve authorities for planning a boycott against tolls on the Via do Infante (A22). The Minister says the
Tolls for Via do Infante
”The previous government’s decision to introduce tolls came after a special session of the Council of Ministers. Prime Minister, Santana Lopes, justified the new policy by saying it stemmed from
Motorway link abandoned
A controversial project to link the Via do Infante to the centre of Faro has been abandoned after complaints of it passing through a large swathe of working agricultural land,
We’ve already paid!
The Algarve’s biggest tourism associations have taken a stand against the proposition of the introduction of tolls on the Via do Infante motorway. They have stated that the road is