"We cannot contribute to the degradation of Metro's image, but we cannot sit around waiting. We have to seek the fair measure and the fair measure is to say 'Don't lie to the people of Porto'", said Rui Moreira, during the municipal executive meeting.

The mayor, who in his presentation included various news about the different subway works underway in the city, denounced the "successive delays" on all subway work fronts.

"Nobody believes that the Pink line will be finished in July next year", he highlighted.

The conclusion of the construction contract for the Rosa Line, which will connect São Bento to Casa da Música, is scheduled for July 2025 and the line should enter into operation this summer, according to Metro do Porto.

Regarding the Rosa Line, Rui Moreira said that the municipality was faced with a new request from the metro "to open Cardosas again", which implies redirecting traffic through Largo dos Loios.

"They need another piece of work that they estimate will take three or four weeks," he said, saying he had asked the company whether the project was related to the implementation of the tram line.

"They say no, that next year they will intervene again," he said, adding that the tram service is "experiencing an extraordinary drop in revenue."

In the early hours of June 21st, Avenida dos Aliados and Praça Almeida Garrett were partially freed from the Rosa Line works.

Rui Moreira also said that Metro do Porto intends to "carry out a new intervention in Rotunda da Boavista, using the same method that led to the condemnation of some of those trees".

"I believe that the population has been repeatedly deceived and that is what we cannot tolerate," he said.

For the PSDB, councilor Mariana Ferreira Macedo criticised Metrô's actions, which she accused of promoting "false communication". Social-democratic councilor Alberto Machado also considered that delays on work fronts increase citizens' "disbelief and disbelief" in the Metro.

"Metro has to tell the truth to the people of Porto Alegre and has to say what is happening. The soil in Porto is not easy, but 20 years ago it wasn't either. It needs order," said Alberto Machado, condemning the attitude of the current administration.

Councilor Ilda Figueiredo, from the CDU, criticised Metro's lack of planning, with which councilor Sérgio Aires, from BE, agreed, arguing that "no political force can do anything" other than condemn Metro's actions.

In mid-July, Metro do Porto stated, in a letter sent to the Municipal Assembly working group, that it would do everything possible to ensure that Praça da Liberdade was free from work on the Rosa Line until the end of the year.

With a total cost of 304.7 million euros, the Rosa Line will connect to the current Casa da Música and São Bento metro stations and will have intermediate stations at Hospital de Santo António and Praça da Galiza.