VINCI Highways, a subsidiary of VINCI Concessions, has won a 30-year concession to operate and modernize a 594-kilometer (369-mile) section of the BR-040 highway in Brazil, following a call for tenders launched by Brazil's National Road Transport Agency (ANTT).
This tolled highway connects Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, to Cristalina, a city located in the south of the state of Goiás.
The Belo Horizonte-Cristalina highway is a dynamic highway corridor serving the ports of the South coast, used for the transport of mining, industrial and agricultural production. In 2023, it achieved 17.5 million transactions (up 8.3 percent compared with 2022), with heavy vehicles accounting for 40 percent of traffic. The highway also serves the network of the Belo Horizonte agglomeration, the third largest in the country.
VINCI Highways will take over operations in first quarter 2025 after a transition phase in collaboration with ANTT. The company wil