In the section on Costa de Prata (Silver Coast) I wrote on page 39:
“As there is also a new international airport underway, located 30km north of Lisboa at Ota, and there are plans for further golf developments in the area, interest from foreign buyers can only continue.”
It seems the government have now scrapped plans to build the airport at Ota and it will now be sited at Alcochete instead. Alcochete is situated just over the river from Lisboa, not too far from the Vasco da Gama bridge and north of Montijo. If you have google earth you can find it on there.
Here is an article in the newspaper, Público, which confirms this:
http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1328024&idCanal=63
In brief… in English…
The Minister of Public Works has said that the final environmental report is favourable to the construction of the airport going ahead at Alcochete.
It is now subject to the approval of the Council of Ministers.
After that… the next stage will be an elaboration of the study of the environmental impact, which will be sent to the European Commission, in order to find out if the infrastructure conforms to EU legal rulings.