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Mato Grosso announces auction and plans new billion-dollar investments in infrastructure. More than 1.300 km of state highways will be paved, benefiting several sectors such as mining and tourism.
The government of Mato Grosso held an auction of 14 lots of state highways on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (B4) last Friday (3). The auction followed the criteria of the lowest toll fee combined with an investment curve. Initially, 6 lots were announced, totaling 2.100 km of state highways and R$7,7 billion in investments. However, only 2 of them did not receive bids.
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Lot 1, consisting of MT-338, MT-160, MT-242 and MT-220, was won by VF Gomes Participações Ltda, with a discount of 8,5% on the tariff. Lot 2 (MT-010, MT-160, MT-235, MT-249 and MT-480), with a discount of 2,3%, was won by the Rota de Produção Highway Consortium.
Lot 5, consisting of MT-020, MT-100, MT-129, MT-240 and MT-326, was acquired by CS Infra Social, with a discount of 8,33%. Finally, Lot 8 (MT-170, MT-220 and MT-325), was acquired by Monte Rodovias, with a discount of 9,1%.
According to Governor Mauro Mendes (União), the privatization of state highways with billion-dollar investments was already planned because there were technical errors. In about a month, the government of Mato Grosso will provide a solution to this issue. It could be a new auction, the concession to Nova Rota do Oeste, which is already a concessionaire of state highways.
The understanding is that the tariff values established in the notice, which varied between R$10,74 and R$13,37, were not sufficient to compensate for the investments required for the lots in Mato Grosso. Lot 3 would require investments of R$1,2 billion with immediate contributions at the beginning of the contract, while lot 6 would require R$1,75 billion.
6 state highways will be paved in Mato Grosso by the end of the year
The sections that will receive investments cover 11 of the 100 main cities in Brazilian agribusiness:
1 lot
- Port of the Gauchos;
- Saint Joseph of Rio Claro;
- Synopsis;
- Smile.
2 lot
- New Field of Parecis;
- Diamond;
- New Maringa;
- New Mutum;
- They are from the Clear River.
5 lot
- Canary Island;
- Gaucho from the North.
8 lot
- Brasnorte.
The state should reach the end of this year with 6 km of paved state highways, according to the governor. Mendes states that investments in infrastructure are essential to meet local agricultural concerns, but they also help to encourage tourism and mining to attract more investments in private initiatives.
The governor also highlights that food production will certainly be one of the activities in which the country already stands out and will continue to stand out on the scene. national and global and partnerships are fundamental to increasing trust, harmony and the capacity to attract investment in the country.
MT almost doubles the number of kilometers granted within the network
With the auction held this Friday, the state almost doubled the number of kilometers granted within the state highway network. So far, there are 1.417 km of highways granted distributed in 10 contracts.
Marcelo de Oliveria, Secretary of State for Infrastructure and Logistics, reinforces that concessions are essential for Mato Grosso to continue investing in concrete bridges and new asphalt, leveraging development for the entire population.
Oliveira states that, in the last six years, Mato Grosso has paved more than 4,5 kilometers of highways, however, it still has almost 20 km that need to be paved.
New asphalt brings improvements, but also increases maintenance costs. Concessions guarantee safe roads, allowing the State to continue investing where necessary.
