The São Paulo government is presenting one of the state’s main infrastructure projects to foreign experts and investors: the Santos-Guarujá immersed link. On Wednesday (23), during the second day of meetings on the European roadshow, Governor Tarcísio de Freitas detailed the proposal for the tunnel linking the two Baixada Santista cities to Dutch companies specializing in tunnels and underground infrastructure. The project, 1.5 km long, has a public-private partnership (PPP) auction scheduled for August 1st.
During this round of meetings, held in Amersfoort, Holland, the project was presented to the companies TEC Tunnel and Immontec. “All the companies we met with during our first few days in the Netherlands have been very willing to talk about the Santos-Guarujá tunnel project. With every conversation we realize how deeply they are studying this project. The meetings with the Dutch investors were essential for us to keep up to date with the market and improve our project. Our aim is to hold a competitive auction, attracting the best players in the world,” said Governor Tarcísio de Freitas.
The Santos-Guarujá link will have lanes for vehicles, a bicycle lane, a pedestrian crossing and an exclusive lane for the Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) and will benefit around 1.2 million people every day. The planned investment is R$6 billion, through a 30-year sponsored concession, whereby the winning company will be responsible for the construction, operation and maintenance of the system. Around 9,000 direct and indirect jobs will be created during the works.
The São Paulo government’s international mission continues until the end of this week and will make stops in Denmark and Norway, meeting with companies such as Ruter, LNS, Sweco, DFDS, Maersk and Femern A/S. The delegation’s agenda also includes a technical visit to the Fehmarnbelt underwater tunnel, which will link Denmark and Germany and is a global benchmark for projects of this type.
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