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Santa Catarina to call urban roadworks tenders

The city of Joinville in Brazil's Santa Catarina state will call around US$41.7 million in urban roadworks tenders in the first quarter of 2015. With financing from federal savings bank Caixa agreed, procurement for the 36-month project can begin. "According to our schedule, a tender should be launched by March," a spokesperson said. Works, which fall under phase 2 of the federal government's growth acceleration plan, PAC, include building 55 kilometres of exclusive bus lanes, 91 bus stops and one cen
January 14, 2015 Read time: 1 min
The city of Joinville in Brazil's Santa Catarina state will call around US$41.7 million in urban roadworks tenders in the first quarter of 2015.

With financing from federal savings bank Caixa agreed, procurement for the 36-month project can begin. "According to our schedule, a tender should be launched by March," a spokesperson said.

Works, which fall under phase 2 of the federal government's growth acceleration plan, PAC, include building 55 kilometres of exclusive bus lanes, 91 bus stops and one central bus station. The project also includes construction of three bridges, sidewalks and cycle lanes.

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