Lava Jato investigation impacts Rodoanel highway construction in São Paulo.
Without credit and prohibited from signing new contracts with Petrobras, Mendes Júnior has already announced its withdrawal from one of the Rodoanel highway lots; the second-placed bidder, Odebrecht, is also reluctant to take on the construction; the Spanish company Acciona and OAS have also slowed down the pace of construction.
247 Operation Lava Jato, which arrested executives from Brazil's main construction companies, has already impacted projects undertaken by the São Paulo state government.
According to columnist Mônica Bergamo, lacking credit and prohibited from signing new contracts with Petrobras, Mendes Júnior has already announced that it is withdrawing from one of the Rodoanel highway project lots. The second-place bidder, Odebrecht, is reluctant to take on the construction.
The Spanish company Acciona and OAS, which has already announced that layoffs at the company could reach 12 employees, have also slowed down the pace of construction.