SP tollroads to invest US$334mn through 2006

The 12 tollroad operators in São Paulo state (SP) will invest more than 846mn reais (US$334mn) between this year and next, state governor Geraldo Alckmin said. The widening and recovery works will be carried out on the 3,500km of roads operated by the concessionaires in the state. Of the 846mn reais, the largest amount - 297mn reais - will go to double capacity on 247km of highway, followed by 260mn reais for 74 cloverleafs, accesses, and turnbacks. Since the state's highway concessions program began seven years ago, some 5.6bn reais have already been spent on the 12 tollroads. The operators and their respective planned investments for the two-year period are: Autoban (168mn reais), Autovias (56.2mn reais), Centrovias (85.9mn reais), Colinas (161mn reais), Ecovias (5.46mn reais), Intervias (53.2mn reais), Renovias (94.5mn reais), SPVias (11mn reais), Tebe (11.1mn reais), Triângulo do Sol (96.7mn reais), Vianorte (49mn reais) and Viaoeste (54.9mn reais).