Works in Brazil’s Accelerated Growth Program 82% complete

Over 80% of the construction works in the Federal Government's Accelerated Growth Program, or PAC 2, are now completed, three years after it was launched. A report presented on Tuesday (Feb. 18) by Minister of Planning, Budget and Management Miriam Belchior showed that the government delivered 877 of its sanitation projects. Additionally, PAC 2 investments amount to $10.42 billion, reaching approximately 7.6 million families, technicians say.

As for urban mobility reforms, seven plans have been carried out, among which the railroad from São Leopoldo to Nova Hamburgo; the aeromóvel in Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul; the railway in Salvador; and the west and east metro lines in Fortaleza. Works in other 16 BRT systems (Bus Rapid Transit) are still in progress, as well as seven dedicated bus lanes, a monorail, another railway, and more.

Still as part of the program, 1,404 basic health units have been built, 14 emergency service units, 223 daycares and kindergartens, 481 sports courts in schools and 22 unified arts and sports centers.

The My House My Life program, in turn – the ambitious housing project low-income families –, has provided 1.51 million homes, benefiting over 5 million Brazilians. Costs totaled $136.81 billion. Another 3.24 million new dwellings are expected to be built as part of the program.

By December 2013, the Electricity For All program, created by president Rousseff herself when she was a minister in Lula’s administration, had brought electricity to 455 thousand homes, reaching around 1.8 million people in the countryside, in settlements established after agrarian reforms, as well as in indigenous, quilombola and riverside communities. Out of this amount, over 170 thousand people benefit from the Brazil Free of Poverty program.

There was also a 10.2 thousand megawatt increase in the capacity of Brazil’s energy production. Jirau and Santo Antônio hydroelectric power plants, both on Madeira river, in Rondônia, are already in operation, generating 1.27 thousand megawatts.

Out of the total number of projects drawn up in the Program for 2011-2014, 82.3% were concluded and 76.1% of its budget have been used. The global costs of the program amount to $322.48 billion, up to December 31 last year – 76.1% of the budget predicted for the period. Of this amount, $86.19 billion were invested by state-owned companies and $61,04 billion by the private enterprise.

Translated by Fabrício Ferreira