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New investment in Minas Gerais: Construction of Rodoanel Belo Horizonte is scheduled for 2025. Learn all about the construction of Rodoanel BH, which promises to connect 11 cities and resolve the main bottlenecks.
Construction of the Rodoanel 2025: Rodoanel, the Brazilian subsidiary of the renowned Italian company INC SPA, is about to begin construction on the long-awaited Rodoanel Belo Horizonte, a strategic project that promises to transform the infrastructure of the metropolitan region. With a robust investment, the construction of this new road will bring significant improvements, such as reduced urban traffic, greater connectivity between cities and stimulation of local economic development. The company responsible has already defined estimates for the start of construction and the sections that will be part of this important project, which should positively impact mobility and quality of life in Greater Belo Horizonte.
What will the Belo Horizonte Beltway be?
The Belo Horizonte Ring Road, with its 100 kilometers of road network, connecting 11 cities in the RMBH, is a large-scale investment that will boost mobility and the economy in the region.
The first stage of the construction of the Rodoanel BH will be a 70 km stretch, connecting 8 municipalities in Greater BH. The investment in this section will be R$3,07 billion from the State, and the concessionaire, in turn, will contribute around R$2 billion to the works on the Rodoanel Belo Horizonte.
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The first stage of the works on the Belo Horizonte Ring Road begins in Sabará, passing through Santa Luzia, Vespasiano and ending at MG 424.
The second section starts in Vespasiano, passes through São José da Lapa, Pedro Leopoldo, Ribeirão das Neves and ends in Contagem, at the BR 040. Finally, the third section includes Contagem and Betim, ending at the BR 262 bypass.
According to Celso Paes, CEO of Rodoanel BH SA, the environmental licensing projects The works on the Belo Horizonte Beltway are at an advanced stage with the State Environmental Foundation (Feam) and the first executive projects should be ready at the beginning of 2025.
Main benefits of the construction of Rodoanel BH
The investment will be a class 0 highway, the first in the state of Minas Gerais, which will have a modern, safe layout and will feature cutting-edge technology, ensuring a smooth journey for all users.
Reduction in travel time by between 30 and 50 minutes, both for urban mobility and for cargo transportation, and reduction in the flow of approximately 5 trucks in the urban area of the capital.
The works on the Belo Horizonte Ring Road will allow the state of Minas Gerais to enter a new phase of cargo logistics, creating opportunities for the development and implementation of new companies and businesses throughout the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte.
For the economy of the RMBH, the Belo Horizonte Beltway will provide an increase of 7% to 13% in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in ten years, growth in production between 0,8% and 1,3% in the same period. Generation of up to 15 thousand direct and indirect jobs, expansion and development of cities near the construction of the BH Beltway.
Criticism and deadlines for the new investment in Minas Gerais
Despite bringing several benefits, the works on the Rodoanel Belo Horizonte are the target of criticism from the city councils of Contagem and Betim, which point out problems in the division of neighborhoods and social impacts on local communities.
The president of the concessionaire responsible for the work assesses that all issues are being evaluated in the preparation of the executive project and that corrections or changes determined by the Environmental Foundation may arise, which will be discussed over the next few months.
According to Paes, the company is hiring a specialized consultant, the material was filed on February 28th and Feam has a period of one year to analyze it and make its inquiries. The deadline is running out.
From the title **** of the article I thought it was already going to start being done.
From the sensationalist title of the article I thought it was going to start being built
Just by looking at this project I can see that it is over-invoiced, right away I see that
The 381 has not yet been duplicated, imagine how long it will take for the Rodoanel to be completed… I died lol
The title and the subject matter **** of a work that is still in planning and not execution is ridiculous…
Material completely without any notion of time or deadline for the start of works