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Brazil state of Sao Paulo offering road concessions

In Brazil’s Sao Paulo State the authorities are looking to develop infrastructure projects by offering a series of road concession deals. In all some 1,000km of road concessions are being made available. This includes a number of road sections managed by the state’s road department (DER-SP). The roads being offered as concession include a 120km stretch of the SP-294 route, a 95km section of the SP-304 route and a 6km stretch of the SP-308 route.
August 31, 2018 Read time: 1 min
In Brazil’s Sao Paulo State the authorities are looking to develop infrastructure projects by offering a series of road concession deals.


In all some 1,000km of road concessions are being made available. This includes a number of road sections managed by the state’s road department (DER-SP). The roads being offered as concession include a 120km stretch of the SP-294 route, a 95km section of the SP-304 route and a 6km stretch of the SP-308 route.

Studies by Sao Paulo’s transport agency (5380 Artesp) suggest that the package of concessions could generate as much as US$2.2 billion, which could be spent on further infrastructure development.

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