Return to Portugal. PSP appeal to the population of Porto and Gaia
The Porto PSP appeals to the population to avoid gatherings at the departure and arrival of the last stage of the Volta a Portugal by bicycle, a time trial between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.
In a note from the PSP Metropolitano, the appeal to citizens “avoid circulation at all to move to local restrictions, namely at the start, on Avenida Francisco Xavier Esteves, in Porto and at the finish line on Avenida Diogo Leite in Vila Nova of Gaia”.
The PSP recalls that “circulation on the routes indicated between them is prohibited, regardless of the reason (such as logistical operations such as supplying establishments, delivery of orders, others)”.
The public must still “watch the test in the permitted places, away from the roadside and without interfering with the movement of the caravan”, says the note from the PSP, which also appeals to the population “to cross or not circulate through the streets of passage of the caravan”. “.
The completion of the 18.6 km individual time trial between the two cities, the last stage of the 83rd Bicycle Tour of Portugal, will require the cutting of several lanes in Porto and Gaia.
In Porto, from 6:00 am to 2:00 am on Monday, according to the 1st City Council mentioned by the PSP, information of a total lane cut on Avenida Cidade de León, the directions, on Rua de Pego Negro, on the section Entre a Avenida da Cidade de Léon and Rua das Areias and an extension of approximately 235 meters north of the junction with Avenida da Cidade de Léon”.
Cut traffic at Rotunda do Estebeirinho, on Avenida Francisco Xavier, in both directions, on Rua António Ri os Gonçalves, on the section it will probably be between Alameda do Estebeirinho and Carlos Ramos and on Avenida Francisco Xavier Esteves, on Rotunda do Ribeirinho, also Andrade, on the section in combination with both directions, between the intersection Complementar IC29 and IC29 Complementar do Ribeirinho.
Between 12:00 and 19:00, the total road cutting in Porto takes place in more than a hundred streets in the areas of Parque Oriental, Corujeira, Estádio do Dragão, Antas, Santos Pousada, Avenida Rodrigues de Freitas, Rua Duque de Loulé , Rua Alexandre Herculano and Ponte do Infante.
In Vila Nova de Gaia, according to the City Council, the traffic stop on Avenida Dom João II (including Roundabouts Gil Eanes and Diogo Cão), Rua Raimundo de Carvalho (between Roundabout Diogo Cão and Avenida da República), Rua de São Gonçalo, Rotunda do Atlântico, Rua Ramalho Ortigão (between the Rotunda do Atlântico and Rua Pádua Correia), Rua Pádua Correia and Largo dos Aviadores.
There will also be Cortes da Cruz, Rua Dr. Francisco da Cruz, Rua Dr. Francisco Veloso, between Rua General Torres and Largo, Rua Serpa Pinto October, Avenida Ramos Pinto Rei Ramiro da Cruz, Via Engenheiro Edgar Cardoso and Largo da Cruz), Rua José Falcão, Outside the Rotunda Engenheiro Edgar Cardoso, Avenida Manoel de Oliveira , Via Rosa Mota, Via da Misericórdia, Rua General Torres and Avenida Diogo Leite.
The last stage of the Volta a Portugal also affects several lines of the Sociedade de Transportes Coletivos do Porto (STCP).