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Brazilian bypass tender green-lighted

Brazil's Pernambuco state environmental authorities have approved a preliminary licence for construction of the US$459 million Arco Metropolitano bypass road's São Lourenço da Mata-Cabo de Santo Agostinho stretch. National transport infrastructure department DNIT is preparing final details to tender the project in state capital Recife's metropolitan region. It includes developing a basic plan and executing civil works, said national transport federation CNT in a release The project to build a 45km two
May 1, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
Brazil's Pernambuco state environmental authorities have approved a preliminary licence for construction of the US$459 million Arco Metropolitano bypass road's São Lourenço da Mata-Cabo de Santo Agostinho stretch.

National transport infrastructure department DNIT is preparing final details to tender the project in state capital Recife's metropolitan region. It includes developing a basic plan and executing civil works, said national transport federation CNT in a release

The project to build a 45km two-lane highway, linking the north and south stretches of federal highway BR-101, will start at the BR-408 junction in the city of São Lourenço da Mata and end at BR-101 near the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho.

The highway will mitigate traffic congestion in urban Recife and facilitate cargo transport to Suape port in Ipojuca city. The Ipojuca-São Lourenço da Mata stretch will be built following completion of the São Lourenço da Mata-Cabo de Santo Agostinho stretch.

Falling under the country's growth acceleration plan, known as PAC, President Dilma Rousseff has confirmed that the project is included in a concessions program the federal government intends to announce in May, local paper Valor Econômico reported.

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