Lot 3A1 – Rail Acess

High speed railway access to New Lisbon Airport at alcochete

TIPOLOGY
EIS of a High Speed Railroad

PHASE
Preliminary Study

LOCATION
Palmela and Montijo

CLIENT
GibbPortugal ‑ Prointec / RAVE, SA

STUDY DATE
March 2009

LENGTH
≈20 km

BRIEF DESCRIPTION
Connection between the Lisbon /Madrid Axis – Lot 3A2 – Lisbon / Montemor-o-Novo Section and the Alentejo Railway Line, and the future Lisbon Airport in the Alcochete Shooting Range.

SPECIAL FEATURES
– Flattened area with prevalence of agricultural and cork oak forest areas
– Reduzed population densities
– Between the IBA (Important Bird Areas), SPZ (Special Protection Zones) and SCI (Sites of Community Interest) known as the Tagus estuary and the Sado estuary