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Discover the 6 megaprojects that will transform Brazil by 2025! These gigantic projects promise to generate more than 10 thousand jobs. Find out what's coming!

Written by Valdemar Medeiros
Published 03/01/2025 às 07:16
Discover the 6 megaprojects that will transform Brazil by 2025! These gigantic projects promise to generate more than 10 thousand jobs. Find out what's coming!
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Discover the 6 revolutionary megaprojects that promise to transform Brazil in 2025, boosting the economy, generating thousands of jobs and redefining the country's future!

Brazil, with its vast territory and grand ambitions, has been standing out on the global stage with megaprojects that are redefining the limits of engineering and architecture. In recent years, these projects have not only consolidated the country's infrastructure, but also boosted the economy and projected Brazil as a leader in structural innovation. Check out the six megaprojects that are scheduled to transform Brazil by 2025. These grandiose projects include monumental bridges, strategic highways and other infrastructure initiatives that promise to increase job creation, boost the economy and improve the population's quality of life. In addition, these Brazilian megaprojects highlight the country's commitment to sustainable development and the modernization of its cities.

Largest natural gas thermoelectric park 

Among the megaprojects that will transform Brazil by 2025 is the largest natural gas power generation park in Latin America. Representatives of the company Gás Natural Açu (GNA) presented investment plans totaling R$12 billion. GNA I has been in operation since 2021 at Porto do Açu.

Now, with GNA II in the final stages of construction, the region will have the largest natural gas generation park in Latin America, optimizing the state's exploration potential. This is one of the Brazilian megaprojects planned for this year, 2025. With 1.672 MW of installed capacity, enough to generate power for almost 8 million homes, will be the largest thermoelectric plant in the country, generating thousands of jobs.

Xambioá Bridge

With an estimated total cost of R $ million 193,1, the Xambioá Bridge is one of the megaprojects that will transform Brazil by 2025. The project is changing the North of Brazil by connecting Tocantins to Pará, eliminating the need to use ferries to cross the Araguaia River.

This will be one of the largest bridges over a river in Brazil, with an incredible length of 1727 meters and a budget of 193 million reais, generating thousands of jobs. The strategic importance of this project for the northern region of the country is undeniable, with benefits that go beyond infrastructure, positively impacting local economies.

Water Belt of Ceara

In fourth place on the list of Brazilian megaprojects that promise to generate jobs and income is the Ceará Water Belt (CAC). This project aims to make it possible to increase the capillarity of the flows transferred by the São Francisco River Integration Project in the state.

This is one of the mega projects that will transform Brazil by 2025. Section 1 is currently under construction. It is a 145,3 km stretch, comprising open-air canal segments, tunnels and siphons, with the aim of transporting water from the Jati dam. The project promises to generate more than 450 jobs during its construction.

Mario Covas Beltway

The Rodoanel Governador Mário Covas is a 176-kilometer-long beltway that circles the central region of Greater São Paulo. This, which is one of the largest Brazilian megaprojects, was built over two decades (with the completion of the last stage scheduled for 2026) and connects all 10 state or federal highways that pass through Greater São Paulo, generating alternative routes that prevent trucks coming from the interior of the state bound for the port of Santos from traveling along the already congested urban roads of the metropolitan region.

Transnordestina Railway 

According to new projections released by Ministry of Transport, the Transnordestina Railway, which generates thousands of jobs, is expected to be completed soon. As one of the largest megaprojects that promise to transform Brazil by 2025, the railway is 1.757 kilometers long. Of this total, 1.209 kilometers correspond to the railway line between Piauí and Ceará, passing through Salgueiro (PE). 

The remaining 548 kilometers are part of the Pernambuco branch line, which leaves Salgueiro and heads to the Port of Suape (PE). The current budget for the project is R$15 billion, of which R$7,1 billion has already been invested. Work on the Transnordestina was scheduled to resume in 2023.

Bioceanic Route

To round off the list of Brazilian megaprojects in 2025, we have the Latin American Integration Route (RILA), or Bioceanic Route. This is a 2.396-kilometer road corridor that plans to connect the Atlantic Ocean to the ports of Antofagasta and Iquique in Chile, passing through Paraguay and Argentina.

According to its promoters, it would be an alternative to the Port of Santos (SP), shortening the distance and time for Brazilian exports and imports between potential markets in Asia, Oceania and the West Coast of the United States. In the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, the highway crosses the southern part of the Pantanal.

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Roberto Miranda
Roberto Miranda(@mirandarobertospgmail-com)
03/01/2025 09:55

Analyzing the costs of these mega constructions, I compare the billions allocated to the Rouanet law, so you can get an idea. People, this is money that never ends! While health... does...

Roger777
Roger777
In reply to  Roberto Miranda
03/01/2025 11:37

L**** of Jewels? Keep crying……

Arnaldo Renz
Arnaldo Renz
03/01/2025 11:59

They will steal like animals

Adelino Souza Lopes
Adelino Souza Lopes
In reply to  Arnaldo Renz
04/01/2025 11:21

Put your photo ****

Valdemar Medeiros

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