Betar Joins Partners to Celebrate Start of High-Speed Rail Construction
Betar Joins Partners to Celebrate Start of High-Speed Rail Construction
Ceremony marking the start of work on the line's first section brought together key stakeholders
Construction has begun on the first section of the High-Speed Line, connecting Campanhã (Porto) and Oiã (Aveiro), which is the initial phase of the future line that will link Porto and Lisbon in one hour and fifteen minutes.
Betar attended the ceremony held on October 12, which was also attended by Miguel Pinto Luz, Minister of Infrastructure and Housing; Philippe Chantraine, Head of Unit MOVE.B.2 at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport; Paulo Carmona, Chairman of the Executive Board of Infraestruturas de Portugal; and Carlos Mota Santos, representing the AVAN High-Speed Concessions consortium.
BETAR is part of the design team contracted by AVACE Norte ACE, a consortium that brings together the construction companies Mota-Engil, Teixeira Duarte, Casais, Alves Ribeiro, Conduril, and Gabriel Couto.
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