35 new Brazilian infrastructure projects approved by the CPPI

This Wednesday, December 2nd, the Council of the Investment Partnerships Program (CPPI) approved 35 of the Infrastructure Ministry’s new projects. Among the approved projects are the re-auctioning of the railroad Malha Oeste and the renovation of Malha Sul, the concession of 16 airports, including Congonhas and Santos Dumont, and the privatization of Companhia Docas da Bahia (Codeba) until the end of 2022. Approvals took place during the 14th council meeting in Brasilia.

“Today we have qualified 35 important projects, which have an initial investment potential of R$ 6.4 billion and the ability to generate more than 100,000 jobs”, emphasized the Ministry’s Secretary for Promotion, Planning and Partnerships, Natália Marcassa.

The Southern railway network is 7,223 km long and serves all states in the region, as well as part of São Paulo. The west side, which is 1,973 km long, comprises Mato Grosso do Sul and part of the state of São Paulo.

In the port sector, the privatization of Codeba was authorized, which manages three ports: Salvador, Aratu and Ilhéus. The PPI forecast is to auction Codeba in the last quarter of 2022. The privatizations of Codesa (Vitória) and Codesp (Santos and São Sebastião) were also approved, in addition to the concessions of another five port terminals: one for liquid bulk in Vila do Conde (PA), one of solid bulk and general cargo in Suape (PE), one of general cargo in Maceió (AL), one of solid bulk in Santos (SP) and another of general cargo in Pelotas (RS).

In the highways sector, the concession contract for BR-163 / MS was approved, with an auction scheduled for 2022, in addition to the privatization plans for other sections that are already scheduled for auction, such as BR-153/080 /GO-TO. In addition, InovaBR was launched, a program to encourage the modernization of the main federal highways, granted or administered by DNIT, to promote greater security and logistical efficiency.

In the aviation sector, 16 airports were included in the 7th round of concessions, divided into 3 blocks (Blocks RJ-MG: Santos Dumont / RJ, Jacarepaguá / RJ, Uberlândia / MG, Montes Claros / MG, Uberaba / MG; SP – MS: Congonhas / SP, Campo de Marte / SP, Campo Grande / MS, Corumbá / MS, Ponta Porã / MS; North Block II: Belém / PA, Santarém / PA, Marabá / PA, Carajás / PA, Altamira / PA, Macapá / AP), and 8 other regional airports in Amazonas that will be the object of a PPP, the first airport to be handled by the Federal Government.

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