Pictured Above: Mr. João Doria – Governor of São Paulo (Image credit: iRAP)
May 15 2020: In Brazil, the Governor of São Paulo, Mr. João Doria, signed the largest road concession contract in the country, 1,273km for 30 years concession between Piracicaba and Panorama. The concession project includes the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) as consultants, and it is the expected USD2.4 billion investment on the network.
The concession will be the first in Brazil to include iRAP methodology which will measure the road safety of the network.
The work will be completed over a 30-year period, with the highways to be upgraded between the city of Piracicaba, in the Campinas region, and the municipality of Panorama, in the far west of the state, bordering Mato Grosso do Sul. The modernization and works plan includes the construction of 600 km of duplications and new lanes (urban contours). There will also be additional lanes and marginal roads, works that improve fluidity, the flow of regional production and road safety. Shoulder roads, new accesses and returns, pavement recovery, walkways and cycle paths will also be implemented.
The implementation of the iRAP road safety methodology will reinforce the focus of the São Paulo State Government on the safety of state highways.
This project is one of the many that will be undertaken by BrazilRAP partners. BrazilRAP was officially launched in November 2019, in association with the National Department of Transport and Infrastructure Brazil (DNIT).
Image credit: iRAP (first and second picture) and Globo news.com (bottom)
Acerca de BrazilRAP
El programa BrazilRAP busca abordar las carreteras de mayor riesgo en todo el país, en colaboración con agencias nacionales y estatales. El programa será coordinado por la DNIT en asociación con expertos locales, utilizando investigación y recursos locales, con el apoyo de iRAP.
En Brasil, más de 41.000 vidas se pierden cada año debido a accidentes de tránsito, y la eliminación de carreteras de alto riesgo es fundamental para reducir las lesiones. Lograr que más del 75 por ciento de los viajes se realicen en carreteras de 3 estrellas o mejores para todos los usuarios de la vía para 2030 podría salvar más de 13.000 vidas cada año, con un beneficio económico de USD$9 por cada $1 invertido. (Fuente: Herramienta de Big Data de iRAP)
Trabajando con nuestros socios en Brasil, BrazilRAP buscará eliminar las carreteras inseguras de 1 y 2 estrellas y convertirse en un líder mundial en el diseño y construcción de autopistas nuevas, seguras e inteligentes de 3 estrellas o más en el país, con el apoyo global de iRAP y el Fundación FIA.
Read more:
- iRAP website: DNIT and iRAP Launch BrazilRAP Programme to Address Road Safety
- Globo.com News: Consortium is qualified to assume 1,200 km of highways between Piracicaba and Panorama
- SP State Government: SP signs the largest highway concession contract in the country, between Piracicaba and Panorama
- ABCdoABC News: Concessionaire that will operate Lote Piracicaba-Panorama offers more than 400 job openings
- Brazil concession to incorporate iRAP methodology