Key roads will be developed in Brazil’s Parana State

Key improvements will be made on stretches of key roads in Brazil’s Parana State. In all repairs and maintenance will be carried out to 16 stretches of road, totalling some 4.800km in all. This work is expected to cost US$29 million. However Parana State has a total budget for overall road improvements of $419 million. Of this, actual road repairs will cost around $203.25 million. Some $144 million will be used for road preservation works,$67 million for cleaning drainage systems and $129 million to improve
July 30, 2012 Read time: 1 min
RSSKey improvements will be made on stretches of key roads in Brazil’s Parana State. In all repairs and maintenance will be carried out to 16 stretches of road, totalling some 4.800km in all. This work is expected to cost US$29 million. However Parana State has a total budget for overall road improvements of $419 million. Of this, actual road repairs will cost around $203.25 million. Some $144 million will be used for road preservation works,$67 million for cleaning drainage systems and $129 million to improve safety and signals.

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