Marco Legal will bring investments and reduce bureaucracy for the construction of new railroads

The new legal framework for railroads can unlock new projects and investments. The measure reduces the bureaucracy for the construction of new railways

Stalled since 2018, the Marco Legal das Ferrovias will result in an increase in private investments in the rail sector. The measure reduces bureaucracy for the construction of new railroads and innovates in the use of idle stretches and in the provision of rail transport services. One of the changes brought about by the provisional measure refers to the permission to build new railways by authorization, similar to what already occurs in the exploration of infrastructure in sectors such as telecommunications, electricity, ports and airports. Also see this news: Section of the Centro-Atlântica Railroad in Bahia will receive R$ 3,5 billion in investments

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Attracting new investments to the sector

The Minister of Infrastructure, Tarcísio de Freitas, says that this current Government has already consolidated itself as the one that contracted the most railway investment through concessions, something around R$ 30 billion. The time has come to take the biggest leap forward in the sector since Barão de Mauá. The provisional measure that establishes the Authorized Railways regime in Brazil guarantees jobs and investments where everyone is wanting and looking.

With the Provisional Measure of the Legal Framework for Railways, states, municipalities and the Federal Government can grant rail transport services that are not part of the Federal Rail Subsystem, currently made up of existing or planned railroads, belonging to the major axes of interstate, interregional and international integration. . It will be up to the Union, however, to establish the guidelines to ensure the efficiency of the system.

The projects that can be created with the new legal framework for railroads

In public railways, in addition to the current model of granting by concession, granting in a more simplified way, by permission, will be allowed. Another novelty of the provisional measure is the simplification of the procedure for providing rail transport services as an Independent Rail Operator. Now, just present the required documentation to the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT) and the authorization will be issued automatically.

The measure also allows current concessionaires, if they are harmed by the entry into operation of an authorized railroad or if they commit to expanding the service, to migrate to the new legal authorization regime. This migration will not affect obligations contained in the current contracts regarding investments and maintenance of passenger transport.

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The governor of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema (Novo), signed a decree to transfer the administration of 19 railroads in the state to the private sector. The expectation is to attract around R$ 26,7 billion to the railway sector. According to the Government, the exploration of shorter lines, known as "shortlines", can generate more than 370 jobs.

The desire, according to the Government, is to enable the first railway section in the country managed under the authorization model, whereby a private company acts at its own risk and expense. With the movement, the state of Minas Gerais is ahead of the National Congress, which has not yet approved the bill that allows this type of regime on federal railroads.

The Legislative Assembly of the State of Minas Gerais has already endorsed the model, lacking only the regulations, issued this Tuesday by Governor Romeu Zema. Minas mapped 19 projects that could potentially be operated under the authorization model, with estimated investments of R$ 26,7 billion. The government of the state of Minas Gerais is already planning which section of railroads will debut the new regime: 130 kilometers of tracks between the cities of Lavras and Varginha. The railway project involves VLI Logística, which currently owns the concession for this stretch, but has abandoned its operation, according to the state secretary for Infrastructure and Mobility, Fernando Marcato.