Union authorizes guarantee for loans worth R$3.1 billion for Line 4 of the Metro and the Rodoanel in SP

The largest financing, of R$ 2.22 billion, will be contracted by the São Paulo government with Banco do Brasil for a contribution to the public-private partnership (PPP) responsible for the extension of Line 4-Yellow of the Metro, in the so-called Phase III of the project.

The second loan, of R$942.2 million, also from Banco do Brasil, will be allocated to works on the South and East sections of the Rodoanel Mário Covas.

The resources will be used in access works between Rodoanel Mário Covas and the municipalities of Suzano and Poá, in Greater São Paulo, in addition to the implementation of electronic toll systems in the free flow model, which allows the automatic collection of fares without the need for toll plazas.

The Union guarantee means that the federal government assumes responsibility for paying the debt if the state does not meet its financial obligations.

Authorization does not represent the immediate release of resources, but a necessary step to formalize financing.

The delivery of the final section of the Rodoanel Norte, which will connect Rodovia Fernão Dias to the Perus region, in the North Zone of São Paulo, was postponed until April 2027. The information was confirmed by the Transport Agency of the State of São Paulo (Artesp) to SP1 this Monday (9).

The previous forecast was that the last 20 kilometers of the highway would be inaugurated by the end of 2026. The deadline had been announced by governor Tarcísio de Freitas during a visit to the works in September this year.

According to Artesp, the expectation was to bring delivery forward by four months, as work was resumed six months before the initially scheduled deadline. However, the high volume of rain recorded in the second half of the year, associated with the effects of the El Niño phenomenon, impacted the pace of construction.