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Porto City Hall demands metrobus ready in December</minimax:tool_call>: "Porto City Hall demands metrobus ready in December"

Observador4 September 2026 at 20:51

The second phase of the Porto metrobus continues to be delayed, which led Mayor Pedro Duarte to demand that the work be completed by the end of the year. This demand comes after successive breaches by the contractor responsible for the work.

Pedro Duarte, the mayor of Porto, has pressured for the conclusion of the project, expressing his dissatisfaction with the repeated delays in the execution of the work. The situation has caused concern among local authorities.

The Porto metrobus is an important urban mobility project for the city, whose second phase should have been completed previously. However, problems with the contractor have prevented the meeting of the established deadlines.

Given this scenario, the city council awaits that the contractor present solutions to accelerate the work and ensure that the project is ready by December, as requested by Pedro Duarte.

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