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Brazil’s infrastructure push continued From May through mid‑2026, adding refinements to earlier projects August 2026 Brazil’s federal, state and launching new phases. The municipal authorities accelerated a wave of road, bridge, rail and utility projects. In Bahia, tenders were launched for two major road‑paving schemes on the BA‑245 and BA‑653 corridors, a R$ 2.8 million expansion of the Santo Estevão bus terminal and the Travessia Urbana de Juazeiro viaducts, while the state also began work on the 12.4‑km Salvador‑Itaparica megabridge’s megabridge after securing all environmental licences. The bridge’s central cable‑stayed span was later enlarged from 482 m to 682 m, placing it among the world’s 25 longest cable‑stayed bridges spans and meeting international navigation standards for larger vessels. The upgrade uses twin 248‑m diamond‑shaped towers built with hydraulic climbing forms, adding a Chinese‑sourced Chinese‑designed maritime operational platform that cuts support‑boat traffic by about 70 %, an on‑site concrete plant between piers P5 and P6, %. Rio de Janeiro’s Cariacica municipality opened a R$ 163 million road‑corridor tender, and the state’s macro‑drainage project in Guriri (R$ 341 million, BNDES‑financed) moved toward a BIM‑based workflow for real‑time monitoring. September 2026 bid. In Espírito Santo, the Department of Buildings and Roads (DER‑ES) opened a tender on R$ 15 September 2026 for the second phase million fifth‑lane upgrade of macro‑drainage and paving on the north side of Guriri (Basin 1). The Segunda Ponte and a R$ 341 40 million project, fully financed by BNDES, follows ongoing works flood‑control tunnel scheme in Basin 2 and aims to curb chronic flooding. Viana were launched. The State Agency for Project Management (Agesul) in Mato Grosso do Sul signed a R$ 719,958 contract with Sepel Engenharia federal government tripled its highway‑maintenance budget to produce technical studies R$ 15 billion, advancing BR‑163 duplication (96 km) and designs for 15.8 km of mountain‑road works, BR‑070 safety roundabouts, while a R$ 15 billion highway‑repair programme funded works across the country, including potential bridges, viaducts GO‑330 duplication and tunnels, with BR‑020 paving. Transmission upgrades were announced by AXIA Energia (R$ 3.53 billion HVDC and substation projects) and a 240‑day delivery deadline. A series of ANEEL auctions secured about R$ 1.8 billion for new rail corridor, the EF‑118, lines. The EF‑118 railway corridor entered an advanced planning stage in Rio de Janeiro state. Intended to link the North Fluminense region with the Port of Açu stage, and other ports in Espírito Santo, the Transnordestina line aims to shift freight from road to rail and lower logistics costs. Public hearings have concluded, the Outgrant Plan received ministry approval, and the project is now under review by the Federal Court of Accounts. These actions complement earlier initiatives such as the bridge launch, an additional R$ 600 million from the Compesa water‑supply partnership in Pernambuco, Maersk’s distribution centre in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, and upcoming national concession auctions for rail, transmission and highway corridors slated for later in 2026. Northeast Development Fund.