In April alone, infrastructure auctions reached BRL 27,3 million in 28 projects for airports, railways, highways and others

According to a survey by CNN Brasil Business, in 2021 alone, more than R$ 100 billion in investments can be generated with infrastructure auctions. The study took into account the auctions that have already taken place and those that already have an advance notice to take place later this year, based on the main federal and state auctions for airports, ports, railways, highways and others, carried out or planned for this year. . See also: Infrastructure can yield about R$ 40,4 billion to the Brazilian GDP with investments planned until 2022

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Infrastructure auctions – airports, railways, highways that were auctioned in April

The infrastructure auctions were held by the Federal Government, on April 7th and 9th, called “Infra week” (name that won the round of auctions), in which 28 public undertakings (railway, airports, highways and ports) were transferred from once to the management of the private initiative.

In the infrastructure auctions, a section of the Fiol – West-East Integration Railway was included, on which construction has been dragging on since 2011 and which should take iron ore from the interior of Bahia to the port of Ilhéus; five port terminals, at the Port of Itaqui (MA) and Pelotas (RS), and lastly 22 airports, including Curitiba, Manaus, São Luís and Boa Vista.

At the end of April, the Federal Government also granted 850,7 kilometers between Tocantins and Goiás on the BR 153, 080 and 414 highways. the projects required by Ecorodovias and GLP, with R$ 14 billion in investments foreseen in the lot notice, one of the highest values ​​among the projects this year.

Upcoming auctions to be held this year

The infrastructure auctions, held in April, counted on R$ 27,3 billion in future investments. The remaining BRL 74,2 billion of the total bill of BRL 101 billion will come from the five highways that the Federal Government already has on its agenda to grant in the second half of this year, according to information from the Ministry of Infrastructure.

Among the highways to be auctioned in the infrastructure sector are the 402 kilometers of the Presidente Dutra Highway (BR 116), which connect the state of São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro. Dutra was the first highway in the country granted to a private initiative, in 1996, and has been under the command of NovaDutra, a CCR consortium, since then. After the expected 25 years of life, the contract expires this year, and will be put on the market again in the next round of auctions.

The Minister of Infrastructure, Tarcísio de Freitas, has already said, several times, that the plan is to transfer to the private sector, this year alone, a total of 50 assets estimated at R$ 130 billion in investments, considering only federal undertakings.

See also: Government says that infrastructure works and projects should receive investments of R$ 260 BILLION and about 1 million jobs should be generated

On 28/04, during the inauguration of Avenida Portuária in Rio de Janeiro, the Minister of Infrastructure, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, informed that the Federal Government expects that R$ 260 billion will be invested in infrastructure works and projects by the end of next year. According to the Minister, there is an estimate of creating more than 1 million jobs with concessions to the private sector.

The Minister of Infrastructure pointed out that the possible investment of BRL 260 billion in infrastructure works and projects will be used to transfer assets to the private sector, which, according to the Minister, will generate greater economic repercussions in the future. Tarcísio also says that the generation of jobs will be very large with the contributions to be made in government infrastructure works and projects. He also points out that, with the execution of works and projects, around 1 million jobs can be generated, both directly and indirectly.