Following a call for tenders launched by Brazil’s National Road Transport Agency (ANTT), Vinci Highways, subsidiary of Vinci Concessions, has won a 30-year concession to operate and modernise a 594 km section of the BR-040 highway.
The Belo Horizonte-Cristalina highway corridor serves the ports of the South coast, notably used for the transport of mining, industrial and agricultural production.
It connects Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas Gerais, to Cristalina, a city located in the south of the state of Goiás.
In 2023, it achieved 17.5 million transactions (+8.3% compared to 2022), with heavy vehicles accounting for 40% of traffic.
The highway also serves the network of the Belo Horizonte agglomeration, the third largest in the country.
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Vinci Highways will take over operations in the first quarter of 2025, after a transition phase in collaboration with ANTT.
Vinci Highways will also carry out a works program, including widening over 300km of the highway and building over 60km of service roads.
This operation follows the acquisition in 2023, through the company Entrevias, of a concession for two highway sections totalling 570km in the state of São Paulo, currently undergoing duplication and modernisation efforts.
Vinci Concessions now manages eight airports in the states of Bahia, Amazonas, Roraima, Rondônia and Acre, and nearly 1,200km of highways in the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Goiás.
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