Building a roundabout here cost half a million euros. Portimão City Council will opt for another solutionPhoto by Diogo Miranda on Pexels
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Building a roundabout here cost half a million euros. Portimão City Council will opt for another solution

Algarve Marafado29 August 2026 at 18:53

The Portimão Municipal Council was planning to build a roundabout at the intersection of Miguel Bombarda and Zeca Afonso avenues, next to the PSP police station. The project had an estimated cost of half a million euros. Given this high value, the municipality decided to opt for an alternative solution for that intersection. The information was reported by Algarve Marafado.

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