Remember your promises Mr Costa

 

•  Valorizar a construção nos espaços vazios da cidade em detrimento da expansão da área urbanizável e integrar espaços isolados como a Alta de Lisboa. (How about starting with linking us to the city through the promised Porta sul?)
• Acabar com a imagem de desmazelo da cidade (ever driven up from 2ª Circular to Alta — feels very third world) 
• Tapar os buracos nos passeios e restaurar as passadeiras de peões da cidade. (Outside a school on the road to Lumiar (see earlier post)

All to be found here (PDF).

Now one can see all the plans that were laid down. My question still remains: How can any of these plans take place when so many delays have hit Alta (a project which should by now be moving ahead with some speed) since the beginning of this mandate of CML? How can these changes occur when a simple pavement linking thousands (literally) to a metro station cannot be finished?

 

I won’t post any more on the topic until we have some change (let’s see if we have to wait until the next mandate).

 

 

 

What the raised crossings will look like.

Viver Alta de Lisboa talks about raised crossings and their effectiveness in slowing down traffic. Having visited the construction site of one of nearly finished points I was suitably impressed. Not only will they slow traffic but they lend an air of urban dignity and modern planning to the area. The following shot is of the planned buildings in malha 16 (between Condominios da Torre and Eixo Central) where the walkway will continue. I must say the raised crossing looks very pedestrian friendly and brings the urban furniture up to standards we expected when many of us bought property here.

As a footnote, the buildings look fairly stylish too, let’s just hope SGAL can finish them properly. (unlike some parts of CT)