APS and Government of SP sign agreement to unlock R$2.6 billion for the Santos-Guarujá tunnel

Santos x Guarujá Crossing: what it is like today and what it could look like with the tunnel submerged The Santos Port Authority (APS) and the Government of São Paulo signed a term of commitment that establishes the rules for the deposit of R$ 2.6 billion from the federal government in the Santos-Guarujá Immersed Tunnel works. The document was requested by the Federal Audit Court (TCU) to release the amounts, which are still pending. The agreement was signed between APS and the Secretariat for Investment Partnerships (SPI), last Tuesday (14). According to APS, the formalization of the term provides the legal and financial security necessary to conduct the project. ?Click here to follow the g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. The document provides for the creation of a Technical Committee between members of the state, APS and the Regulatory Agency for Delegated Public Transport Services (Artesp) to monitor the physical-financial execution and risk management of the tunnel. There will also be the possibility of participation by the National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq) and the Ministry of Ports and Airports (MPor). According to APS, the amounts will be deposited according to the progress of the executed phases. First underwater tunnel in Brazil will connect Santos and Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo Disclosure/SP Government The contribution will be in a 'guarantee account' opened at the request of APS with Banco do Brasil. In a note, the APS highlighted that the transfer of amounts will occur after the issuance of a technical report and a reasoned statement approved by the APS itself. TCU even suspended the transfer. TCU suspended, in March of this year, the movement of federal contributions to the work. The Court conditioned the release of the funds on the formalization of a legal instrument that regulated the operation of the resource in a transparent manner. In May, a ruling authorized the movement of values ??after advances in the State's dealings with the APS. The impasse occurred because APS was left out of the contract signed between the state and the Portuguese company Mota-Engil on January 28. Details of the work The construction of the immersed tunnel, a project with an investment of R$6.8 billion, is a century-old demand from the population of the coast of São Paulo. The structure, the first of its kind in the country, will connect the two cities through a new 1.5 km long dry connection, around 870 meters underwater. Of the value of the work, R$5.1 billion comes from the São Paulo government and the Union, and the rest from the concessionaire. Check the schedule of works per year, according to the concession contract: ? 2026: Development of functional and executive projects, carrying out complementary studies, expropriation negotiations and conducting the necessary environmental licensing. ???? 2027: Start of works with the construction of the dry dock, execution of preliminary dredging and implementation of construction sites. ? 2028: Pre-molding of the tunnel parts, dredging of the trench in the port channel and beginning of the access ramps. ?? 2029: Installation of tunnel elements, sealing of joints and execution of access works. ? 2030: Final finishes, installation of systems and operational tests. Infographic - What the work on the Santos-Guarujá Tunnel will be like Arte/g1 VIDEOS: g1 in 1 minute Santos