Dragons welcomed Metro do Porto to Estádio do Dragão | OneFootball

On the day of the derby in Invicta, members of the Metro do Porto administration went to Estádio do Dragão for a meeting with André Villas-Boas, António Tavares, and João Borges – president, president of the General Assembly, and vice-president of FC Porto – in the first formal contact between both entities since the recent change in leadership at the transport company.

According to the chairman of the Board of Directors of Metro do Porto, “an institutional partner of FC Porto for many years, in the sense that it transports many thousands of people,” the meeting served to “discuss what measures to take to improve access to the stadium” and to seek to “improve a collective service for the entire Porto Metropolitan Area, which takes on a very particular aspect on match days, especially on days of big games.” “Looking at security issues, as we have seen in recent days, is never too much,” said Emídio Gomes in statements to Porto Canal.

Emídio Gomes, chairman of the Board of Directors of Metro do PortoLong-standing partnership“Metro do Porto has been an institutional partner of FC Porto for many years, in the sense that it transports many thousands of people to the Estádio do Dragão station. One of the issues we analyzed was what we can improve in the future in terms of the safety of Metro users who come to the games, but not only that. We also looked at the issue of the parking lot at the Estádio do Dragão station itself and several other matters, always aiming to improve a collective service for the entire Porto Metropolitan Area, which takes on a very particular aspect on match days, especially on days of big games. Looking at security issues, as we have seen in recent days, is never too much.”

Topics on the table“We talked about the crossing of fans with car traffic at the end of the games and the issue of crosswalks. There has been enormous difficulty in reconciling these situations, along with the movement of supporters of FC Porto’s rival teams, who are transported in a security box from the São Roque da Lameira area. We discussed what measures to take to improve access to the stadium for everyone and, beyond convenience, the issue of safety was always present. Anyone who visits Estádio do Dragão on match days knows what I am talking about and knows that there is still much to be done in that area. That was the preventive and forward-looking analysis we were carrying out.”

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