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One of the most important highways in the country, BR-116/PR/SP, known as Regis Bittencourt, will have more than R 13 billion in investments in the main connection axis between the South and Southeast. The renegotiation of the contract was approved on Wednesday (24) by the Federal Court of Audit (TCU), in an agreement signed with the Ministry of Transport, which provides for a new concession.
Doing the optimization of these contracts not only ensures more investments, but also allows modernizing them, bringing, for example, the management by incentives, in which the value of the toll only rises after the works are delivered. We continue working to improve the countrys infrastructure, said the national secretary of road transport, Viviane this.
Currently operated by the concessionaire Arteris, Regis Bittencourt was included among the priorities of the federal government to have its contract adjusted, given the need for adjustments to the financial conditions that provide the functionality and modernization of the enterprise.
BR-116, which connects Sao Paulo to Curitiba, is indispensable not only for these states, but also for the connection with the Mercosur region, he added.
The new concession, which will have a contract signed in 2026, will allow essential works over the next 15 years, such as over 90 kilometers of lighting in sections considered dangerous, especially in the mountains; about 60 kilometers of third lanes; In addition to improvements in access, catwalks, bike lanes and fauna tickets.
Regis Bittencourt is 383 kilometers long and covers 16 municipalities, standing out as an essential route for cargo transportation and the flow of industrial and agricultural production. Due to its location between two national economic powers, the South and the Southeast, the stretch has intense vehicle traffic, which faces greater difficulties especially during the rainy season.
Along with other highways that were mapped with technical and financial problems, which stopped works or delayed the execution of services, BR-116/PR/SP is part of the Ministry of Transport Contract Optimization Program, which aims to find more agile solutions, with cost reduction and guarantee the continuity of operations to users. The projection of the folder is that, in the cycle of attracting private resources by 2026, 45 auctions will be held, which will provide more than R 350 billion between new concessions and renegotiations.
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