São Paulo – The CCR Group, former Highway Concession Companies, won the auction held this Thursday (1) by the National Agency of Ground Transportation (ANTT) for the concession, of 30 years, of the South Integration Highway, in Rio Grande do Sul. The auction began at 10:45 am at B3 of the São Paulo stock market.
CCR presented the lowest toll fee at BRL 4.30 (discount of 40.53%). The ceiling set for the auction was BRL 7.24. Other competitors were Infraestrutura Brasil Holding, Ecorodovias Concessões e Serviços S.A., Consórcio Sacyr R.S. and Consórcio Integra Sul.
The 473.4 km section, which runs through 32 counties, receives 24,000 vehicles per day. The highway sections auctioned are from BR-101/RS, at the Santa Catarina border to the interchange with BR-290; from the interchange of the BR-290/RS and BR-101 to km 98.1; the interchange of BR-386 and BR-285/377 to BR-470/116; and from interchange of BR-448 and BR 116/118 to BR-290/116. Along the section auctioned, there will be seven toll stations.
The highway section will receive BRL 7.8 billion (USD2.2 billion) in investments, with BRL 53 million (USD 14.92 million) to road safety, accident prevention and road safety education. The winner will bear the costs of conservation, operation and monitoring, expected to reach BRL 5.6 billion (USD 1.58 billion).
Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
