Ring Road: Government and DNIT to tender construction on the 3rd of next month.
On March 3rd, DNIT and DER will hold a bidding process to finalize the implementation and duplication of the Ring Road project. Currently, the work is 60% complete, with the bridges over the Coaçu River, Gavião River, and Siqueira River already finished, in addition to four viaducts.
Ceará 247 - The Ring Road works will resume in the first half of 2017. The National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT) and the State Department of Highways (DER) will hold a bidding process on March 3rd to finalize the implementation and duplication of the Ring Road works, through an Electronic Auction. The bidding will take place under the Integrated Differentiated Contracting Regime (RDCI), a bidding modality in which the winning consortium executes the executive project, environmental studies, obtaining licenses, surveying expropriation areas, and the construction work.
Work on the Ring Road began in January 2012, following the signing of an agreement between the State and Federal Governments in 2011. The State, through the DER (Department of Roads and Highways), an agency linked to the Secretariat of Infrastructure (Seinfra), assumed the execution of the project, with resources from DNIT (National Department of Transport Infrastructure). Currently, the work is 60% complete, with the bridges located on the Coaçu River, Gavião River, and Siqueira River already finished, in addition to four viaducts: the one at the junction of CE-065, BRs-020/222, Nova Metrópole, and Tronco Norte. The dual carriageway is made of concrete pavement, due to its greater resistance and durability. The existing road is 11 meters wide. At the end of the works, its horizontal width will be tripled. There will be 16,5 meters on each side, totaling 33 meters. The extension includes a central reservation, side cycle paths, turnarounds, shoulders, new signage, and a safety lane.
In total, the Ring Road is 32 kilometers long, starting at CE-040 (Eusébio). The stretch crosses BR-116 (Itaitinga), also passing through CE-060 (Maracanaú), CE-065 (Maranguape) and BR-020 (Caucaia), continuing to Avenida Mister Hull (BR-222, also in Caucaia). The renovation of this stretch will improve traffic in the Fortaleza Metropolitan Region, especially in Maracanaú, which has an Industrial District and the Central Supply Center of Ceará - Ceasa/Ce; in Maranguape and Caucaia. The duplication is also part of the Pecém Port Transportation Logistics Plan.