Debate on Brazilian Highways Under Discussion at the Federal Court of Accounts

Written by Bruno Teles

Published on 24/01/2023 at 16:22

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At the End of 2022, the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) Released a Document Entitled “List of High-Risk Areas of Federal Public Administration” Regarding Brazilian Highways. Not Only That, But It Also Delivered This Material to the Government Transition Secretariat for Coordination.

In a chapter on planning and prioritization of intermodal transport, the TCU notes that various government transport planning instruments do not promote satisfactory modal integration regarding Brazilian highways.

This situation hinders the rationalization of sectoral planning and public investment, due to planning failures, the fragility of integration and use of transport modes, and inconsistent criteria for prioritizing projects and investments in the sector.

What Is in the Report on Brazilian Highways

In light of the regulation and oversight of road and rail transport, there was a lack of good management planning practices, evidenced by incomplete works and, more seriously, by the signing of contractual addenda that included unplanned related investments.

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Brazilian Highways Are at 60% Poor Asphalt Network

For the signaling project, 60.7% (66,985 km) were considered defective (normal, poor, or very poor), while for road geometry, this value corresponded to 63.9% (70,445 km).

In a concerning conclusion, the study of Brazilian highways points to the need to develop actions aimed at improving Brazilian highways. After all, over 95% of passenger traffic and 65% of cargo transport in Brazil is done by highways. The road network is the country’s main route and requires more attention than the current one; otherwise, the process of reconstruction and recovery of infrastructures will be more costly and burdensome.

With 65% of goods technically determined by the CNT circulating in the country via road mode, when analyzing the most common types of goods transported by road mode, it is evident that a large part of them is related to the flow of products originating from agribusiness. This fact is not coincidental, as this sector is the most productive in the country.

Not only that, but despite all the techniques employed by the industry to correct, legalize, and control the gross weight in loading and shipping operations, external factors hinder the control of weight per axle, such as the heterogeneity and the high average age of the truck fleet across the country, geometry and quality of the route used (verified by the CNT), braking and acceleration of the vehicle during travel, etc.

On the other hand, the position taken by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) and endorsed by the Judiciary exempts the State from any responsibility in this matter, which ends up discouraging the oversight of convoys and maintenance of roads, which is serious and clearly in conflict with various rulings of the TCU.

Debate on Brazilian Highways Under Discussion at the Federal Court of Accounts

At the End of 2022, the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) Released a Document Entitled “List of High-Risk Areas of Federal Public Administration” Regarding Brazilian Highways. Not Only That, But It Also Delivered This Material to the Government Transition Secretariat for Coordination.

What Is in the Report on Brazilian Highways

Brazilian Highways Are at 60% Poor Asphalt Network

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Debate on Brazilian Highways Under Discussion at the Federal Court of Accounts

At the End of 2022, the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) Released a Document Entitled “List of High-Risk Areas of Federal Public Administration” Regarding Brazilian Highways. Not Only That, But It Also Delivered This Material to the Government Transition Secretariat for Coordination.

What Is in the Report on Brazilian Highways

Brazilian Highways Are at 60% Poor Asphalt Network

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Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has ceased to be a climatic phenomenon and has become a biological system that feeds on itself, with 8,000 kilometers in length, 37 million tons of algae, and scientists confirm that it is now permanent.

A British company has installed in the middle of the ocean the world’s first floating platform that generates electricity 24 hours a day from the temperature difference between the surface and the depths of the Atlantic, without relying on wind or sun.

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Engineers had to pour concrete mixed with tons of ice throughout entire nights in the Dubai desert to erect the Burj Khalifa; any carelessness could clog the pipes half a mile high.

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