Portugal

Portugal has about 16,500 km (10,253 mi) of total road- ways, but PPP concessions are fundamental to its National Motorway System. Figure 2 illustrates the pace of development of this system, with the majority of the activity since 2000 being done under PPP arrangements. The planned motorway system will ultimately be 3,300 km (2,050 mi). Currently, 2,660 km (1,653 mi) of the motorway system is operational, of which 2,500 km (1,553 mi) or 94 percent is under a PPP arrangement. While only 15 percent of Portugal's current total roadways are PPPs, these arrangements are certainly focused on the nation's strategic surface mobility corridors. PPP arrangements are used exclusively by the national government.

Figure 2. Construction of Portugal’s National Motorway System.