Minas Gerais will be the state that will receive the most investments with 6 construction projects and new railroad operations
After the Ministry of Infrastructure (MInfra) received two more requests, the state of Minas Gerais adds R$ 43,04 billion in private investments for the creation and operation of new railways in the country through the granting instrument by authorization. In total, six projects that cross municipalities in the state will add 3.169,5 kilometers of new rails cutting through part of the territory of Minas Gerais. Also read this news: Federal Government launches program to boost railroad construction
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Investments in the construction of railways in Minas Gerais
One of the most recent requests submitted to the federal government provides for a new rail connection between the municipalities of Campos Verdes, in Goiás, and Unaí, in the Northwest Region of Minas Gerais. This is the third project presented by Petrocity Portos, based on the Marco Legal das Ferrovias, which opened the possibility for the private sector to invest in rail transport by federal authorization. The company now wants to implement a 530-kilometer segment between Goiás and Minas: the forecast is that the project will require an investment of R$ 5,3 billion.
The two previous railway undertakings required by the company also pass through Minas Gerais soil. The largest is from the Juscelino Kubistchek Railroad (EFJK). Stretching 1.108 kilometers, it will connect Brasília to Barra de São Francisco, in Espírito Santo, passing through Goiás and crossing 34 locations in Minas Gerais. The investment was estimated at R$ 14,22 billion in the construction of new rails and for the maintenance, along the route, of six Transhipment and Cargo Storage units (UTACs).
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The Pro Trilhos program
The 23 applications for the Pro Trilhos program were made by 12 private investors interested in building and operating railway segments – and add up to 7.501,79 kilometers of new tracks, crossing 14 states in the country (including the state of Minas Gerais). The requests meet historical demands of rail transport regarding the provision of new routes and the inclusion of more operators in the offer of railroads for the flow of mineral, agricultural and containerized cargo across the country.
The Legal Framework for Railways, created by Provisional Measure 1.065/2021 and which establishes the railway authorization regime, also advances in the National Congress after the approval by the Federal Senate of PLS 261/18. The text will now be analyzed by the Chamber of Deputies. If there are no changes, it goes to presidential sanction.
Also check: Ministry of Infrastructure discloses that mining companies forwarded requests for the construction of new railroads
The Ministry of Infrastructure has received two new applications from mining companies for the construction and operation of railways. According to the folder, Morro do Pilar Minerais proposed a 100-kilometer railroad with an investment of R$ 1 billion, to transport iron ore cargo (solid bulk), connecting Colatina and Linhares (ES). And Brazil Iron Mineração plans 120 kilometers in Bahia, between a railroad terminal in Abaíra and Brumado.
With the new requests filed at the ministry, requests for the creation of lines in the country through the new model of railway authorization launched in September reach 21, or almost R$ 84 billion in investments and 5,6 kilometers of new rails. Requests are analyzed by the team at the National Land Transport Secretariat. Almost 15 of them are in the assessment of ANTT (National Land Transport Agency).
Until the edition of Provisional Measure 1.065, of August 30, 2021 (“MP 1.065/21”), public railways could only be built or operated by private companies, under the concession or permission regime, always through bidding. The Union is the holder of the services (art. 21, XII, “d”, of CR/88), which is responsible, as a general rule, for granting the rail transport service, under the terms of art. 20, of the law on the national road system (law 12.379, of January 6, 2011). For this reason, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT) will be responsible for implementing the changes brought about by the new railway regulatory framework.