Brazil road contract for Vinci

A highway in Brazil. Vinci Highways will operate and carry out what it calls “an ambitious works programme” on a 594km section of highway in Brazil.

The tolled highway connects Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas Gerais, to Cristalina, a city located in the south of the state of Goiás and therefore serves the federal capital Brasilia.

Vinci Highways will carry out what it calls “an ambitious works programme”, including widening over 300km of the highway and building over 60km of service roads. The investment plan also includes the construction of wildlife crossings and a reforestation program of nearly 600 hectares. The company will take over operations in the first quarter of 2025.

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 important duplication and modernisation efforts.

Vinci Concessions has invested in Brazil in recent years, and now manages eight airports and nearly 1,200km of highways.

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