The coordinators of Brazil’s investment partnership program are planning to combine two of the country’s Norte-Sul railway stretches into a single concession spanning approximately 1,537km.
The plan involves combining an 855km stretch between the cities of Palmas (Tocantins state) and Anápolis (Goiás state) and a 682km stretch between the cities of Ouro Verde (Goiás) and Estrela D’Oeste (São Paulo state), local paper Valor Econômico reported.
The investment partnership program’s executive secretary, Moreira Franco, is due meet with interim president Michel Temer within the next few weeks to obtain final approval. “It is a very viable alternative,” Franco was quoted as saying.
The overall construction of the Norte-Sul railway is being carried out by federal rail company Valec in seven segments. It will extend a total of 4,156km, passing through 10 states, from Pará (in the north) to Rio Grande do Sul (south).
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