Federal government resumes 436 stalled projects

The Brazilian government is going to resume 436 of its 1,600 stalled projects throughout the country, Planning Minister Dyogo Oliveira announced in Brasília Wednesday (Feb. 22).

The projects cost $274.79 million and will serve the population directly. They include day care centers, nursery schools, or school courts.

“These projects mean a lot to the communities that will benefit from them. It's such a shame that they were halted halfway through,” the minister said in a press conference.

The 1,600 projects are expected to cost a total $1.1 billion. Out of the total, sanitation works alone account for $320 million. Oliveira said there are funds available to meet all the costs, and that President Michel Temer expects to resume 1,120 of the projects—70% of the total—by June 30, 2017.

Translated by Mayra Borges