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Brazil proposes major investment in highway works

The administration of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has proposed investments of US$4.23 billion to improve the country's highway network in 2015. The investments would fall under the PAC growth acceleration plan. The bill calls for transport infrastructure department DNIT to manage US$4 billion in highway maintenance and upkeep, including highway BR-381 in the state of Minas Gerais between highway junctions BR-116 in the city of Governador Valadares and state highway MG-020. Other large investments
September 19, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
The administration of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has proposed investments of US$4.23 billion to improve the country's highway network in 2015. The investments would fall under the PAC growth acceleration plan.

The bill calls for transport infrastructure department DNIT to manage US$4 billion in highway maintenance and upkeep, including highway BR-381 in the state of Minas Gerais between highway junctions BR-116 in the city of Governador Valadares and state highway MG-020. Other large investments would be in highway BR-101 in the state of Santa Catarina, and BR-101 running throughout Alagoas state.

The transport ministry would handle projects worth US$88 billion, including the north stretch of São Paulo city's Rodoanel beltway and highway infrastructure management.

Ground transport agency ANTT would be allocated US$47 billion, which it intends to invest in highway infrastructure, transport, and electronic management works.

The highway infrastructure budget proposal is part of PAC's 2015 infrastructure budget of US$27.4 billion and must be approved by December.

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