The measure, visible on new signs, applies to the entire length of the highway, generating "direct negative consequences" on the economic, social, and tourist fronts, according to the mayors.

The Intermunicipal Community of the Aveiro Region clarifies in a statement that it argued that "reducing the speed limit would only make sense in urban areas, as a way to avoid the installation of barriers or acoustic panels."

The municipality of Aveiro proposed a speed limit of 100 km/h, with signs and radar, on the urban stretch between the Esgueira and Pirâmides interchanges, but according to the statement, "it never received a response."

The Intermunicipal Council of the Aveiro Region, meeting in Ílhavo, decided to reject the speed limit, deeming it "nonsensical."

The CIRA body decided to urgently request explanations from all involved entities and request "immediate measures to restore the normal limit" on the highway.

In the statement, the Intermunicipal Council noted that on the A25, "only in the Aveiro Region are tolls still charged."

In April, the Intermunicipal Community of the Aveiro Region (CIRA) unanimously approved a motion welcoming Luís Montenegro's commitment to eliminating gantries on the A25.

The current Prime Minister, during the campaign for the local elections, stated that the issue of the A25 gantries in Aveiro "was not forgotten" and expressed his intention to resolve all similar cases nationwide.