'Tarcísio delivered worse roads than he received them,' says the Minister of Transport.
"I will present a 100-day plan for the country," promised Renan Filho regarding his first actions as head of the ministry.
247 - The Minister of Transport, Renan Filho (MDB), said he is developing an action plan for the first 100 days of his tenure at the head of the ministry. According to him, the plan foresees the resumption of all stalled construction projects in the country, the repair of highways for the flow of the harvest, preparing the roads for the rainy season, and strengthening the emergency response. He stated that former minister Tarcísio de Freitas, elected governor of São Paulo by the Republicanos party, handed over Brazilian roads in a state "worse than when he received them."
“I will present a 100-day plan for the country. In this plan, we will mainly address five aspects. We will resume stalled projects; we will guarantee the revitalization of the road network, which is in its worst state of conservation in recent times; prepare the country for the outflow of goods, since January, February, and March are the main months for the outflow of the country's grain production; also prepare the country for the rainy season, which has brought many problems because we have had above-average rainfall in recent years, which also hinders national logistics; and strengthen the rapid response to emergencies, such as subsidence, fires, and calamities,” Renan Filho told the newspaper. The State of S. Paul.
According to Filho, the Lula government will resume "all construction projects that were paralyzed in the first year of his term, within the 100-day plan." "Resuming means that we will have the necessary cash flow to restart all construction projects within the first 100 days. That is the challenge we will face." The ministry will have resources of approximately R$ 20 billion to invest throughout this year. The money was made available through the Transition Amendment, approved at the end of last year by the National Congress.
"They are paralyzed due to an extreme lack of public resources. What I can say is that the ministry has contracts in place for the proper maintenance of 96% of the highways, but most of them have maintenance paralyzed due to a lack of resources. Very few contracts are currently being activated for maintenance because there was a lack of money," he emphasized later on.
The minister also said that he intends to "revisit" the legal framework for railways, aiming to expand private sector participation in the sector. "Moving forward with concessions is a priority agenda," he stated.
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