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The Judicial Police carried out, this Thursday morning, records to collect documents, in the Portuguese Environment Agency and in the Institute of Conservation of Nature. This is the latest environmental impact statement for the future Montijo airport. The steps were confirmed to the JN by the PGR.
According to information gathered by our newspaper, the investigation is related to possible crimes of falsification of documents, abuse of power and corruption.
The “Saturday” magazine, which reported the news, said that a law firm in Greater Lisbon was also the target of the searches.
It should be remembered that the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) issued the Environmental Impact Statement for the Montijo airport, giving the green light to the project in January of this year.
The document approved the partial transformation of the Montijo military base into a complementary airport that will serve the Lisbon region. But it maintains the conditions that it had already indicated as a way to compensate for possible environmental damage, including the two ships that cross the Tagus. Environmental measures for an approximate amount of 48 million euros.
With the confirmation of the environmental feasibility, eight environmental associations have already stated that they would file lawsuits in court to stop the project.
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