EPR secures 15‑year concession of Brazil’s Régis Bittencourt highway

On 23 July 2026 the joint venture EPR (Equipav + Perfin) won the auction for the 383 km stretch of the Régis Bittencourt highway (BR‑116) that connects São Paulo and Curitiba. The company offered a 22.53 % discount on the basic toll rate, beating Motiva’s 12.10 % discount and Arteris’s 0.01 % offer. The 15‑year concession runs until 2041 and requires roughly R$7.2 billion in capital investment and R$4 billion in operating costs. Planned works include about 69 km of additional lanes, marginal roads, new bridges and safety upgrades, with a possible capacity‑expansion phase beginning in late 2028. The discount is expected to lower the total toll for the full trip from around R$25.80 to roughly R$17.55, a 32 % reduction. A study by IBRE/FGV projects the investment will generate thousands of jobs and inject multiple billions of reais into the regional economy, improving logistics between the country's major consumer market and the ports of Santos and Paranaguá. The result awaits formal homologation by ANTT before the concession can be transferred.