Government includes key airports in partnership program
As the privatization program fails to take off, the federal government approved Wednesday the inclusion of 58 assets in the portfolio of the Investment Partnership Program (PPI), including airports Santos Dumont (Rio de Janeiro) and Congonhas (São Paulo). The goal is to grant them in concession or under public-private partnerships (PPPs).The government plans to auction 115 assets in 2021, compared with 29 this year. These projects are expected to bring R$360 billion in investments. "I believe that investments resulting from these auctions will be key to the [economic]
recovery," Martha Seillier, special secretary for the PPI, says.
Of the assets that will be offered to the private sector next year through concessions and PPPs, almost half are making their way in the Ministry of Infrastructure. "It will be a busy year," the ministry's secretary of Promotion, Planning and Partnerships, Natália Marcassa de Souza, says.
At Wednesday's meeting, the auction of the sixth batch of federal airports was scheduled for March 26. It comprises 22 airports in three blocks: South (with Curitiba as flagship), North (led by Manaus) and Central (with Goiânia and Palmas ahead). The seventh round of airports, including Congonhas and Santos Dumont, was also included in the portfolio.
Another key decision was the extension of the contract of Rumo Malha Sul, which serves the port of Paranaguá, Paraná. It includes 7,200 kilometers of railroads that will require substantial investments.
The first PPPs were also authorized at airports in Amazonas: Parintins, Coari, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Carauari, Eirunepé, Lábrea, Barcelos and Maués, with R$380 million in projected investments.
Other key auctions planned for 2021 include those of 5G wireless spectrum, the Sépia and Atapu oil fields, the Dutra highway that links São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, the East-West Integration Railway, in Bahia, and Ferrogrão, a railroad that will connect Sinop, Mato Grosso, to the river port of Miritituba, Pará, to export soybean through the northern ports.
After two frustrating years, as admitted by Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, the Bolsonaro administration now wants to privatize Eletrobras and Brazil's postal company Correios in late 2021. Both depend on authorization from lawmakers, making it difficult for the executive branch to set dates.
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