EMEL predicts six new car parks in Lisbon by 2025 | Lisbon
The Municipal Mobility and Parking Company of Lisbon (EMEL) today announced six car parks by 2025, with more than 3,200 spaces, which represents 57% of the 58 million euros of investment planned for 2022-new2025.
“For 2022 we plan to build the Parque do Mercado do Lumiar, for 2024 the Pátio das Sedas, which is a park located in the parish of Campo de Ourique, and then for 2025 the Parque Bensaúde, Maria da Fonte, Alto de São João and Pontinha Norte, the latter is the one that will be the great deterrent of the park, significant that it is next to the future Feira Popular and that will be a park that will house a number of vehicles, in the order of 1,800 seats ”, said the president of EMEL, Luis Natal Marques.
Within the scope of a company creation on the municipal budget for 2022, carried out by videoconference, with the deputies of the Lisbon Municipal Assembly, the president presented the company’s activity plan, in which it is foreseen “for the mandate from 2022-2025 to of six new car parks, with over 3,200 spaces”.
About the car park for Pontinha, Luís Natal Marques do Pontinha Norte, problems related to the area and the registration of land ownership, which are also located in Amadora, in addition to the need for the projects to be “triple approved” by the municipalities .
Regarding the application of the 50% discount on EMEL parking for residents in the capital, proposed by the royal executive council, the president of the municipal company said that for this the parking regulation has to be changed and it is necessary for all 24 parishes in the city. .
“If there are parishes in which EMEL is not located, for example Marvila and Alcântara, in order to give this benefit to residents in some way, we have to be in the parishes, otherwise we will not know who the residents are for them to be able to at the end of the year. signatory accounts this benefit of the 50% discount”, ex Luís Marques, referring that the registration must be registered and the measure will work through the mobile application or the parking meters.
of the company of the fiscal resource, including the person responsible for the work of the authorities, bets on the mechanics, with an authorized staff of the National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD).
“It is a fallacy and an urban myth to think that EMEL lives off fines, that is, 6% of what EMEL charges is false, which has to do with administrative infractions”, indicated Luís Marques%, referring that the great source of revenue it has to do with residents and non-residents who “religiously pay for parking, most people comply with the payment”.
The president of EMEL said the company “even loses” with the fines, adding that “the studies and management of towed parks are a ruin for the company”.
In terms of investment for the period 2022-2025, the total value foreseen by the municipal company “approaches 58 million euros”, in which car parks absorb 57%, said the official, estimating “a progressive and progressive revolution”. ” of revenues, after the fall of the last two years due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Parking of bicycle parking lots, EMEL wants to continue to invest in the expansion of the GIRA separate bicycle network, which has 102 stations in operation, with 900 bicycles, preventing the activation in the first half of this year of 43 stations already installed and also this year 26 awaiting location, as well as an annual growth of 20 stations by 2025.
Regarding the cycling network, there are 39 kilometers of bike lanes built and there are 17.5 kilometers under project to be carried out by EMEL, he said.
Luís Natal Marques highlighted the investment in chargers for electric vehicles, with a goal of having an EMEL car park.