The total execution of Porto's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (PMUS) has an estimated cost of 1.2 billion euros, distributed across various entities over 10 years, with half of this amount (600 million euros) corresponding to new metro lines. The document, which will be voted on for public consultation at the Porto City Council's public meeting on Tuesday, indicates that investment in the public transport network absorbs approximately 75% of the total value.
The municipality of Porto would be responsible for a total of 478.3 million euros in investment, of which 68.9 million in the first two years, 146.7 million between two and five years, and 262.6 million beyond five years. In the long term, an average annual investment of 48 million euros is estimated, corresponding to approximately 8% of the municipality's annual budget for 2025.
Among the most significant expenses over 10 years are free transport for residents (213 million), the use of the VCI canal for territorial cohesion (53.5 million), the construction of new road axes (51.5 million), the complete redesign of the Circunvalação (43.2 million), and the reformulation of the São João Hospital interface (32.5 million). For active modes, the improvement and expansion of the cycling network is estimated at 24.3 million euros.
The PMUS diagnosis also reveals that Porto loses at least 100 million euros annually in potential revenue associated with illegal parking, that the Campanhã transport interface is identified as the most important but the worst in the city, and that cycling mobility is one of the major gaps in the system, where pedestrian accidents in urban areas caused 13 deaths and 24 serious injuries between 2019 and 2023.
