Consórcio 116 Sertões Wins Rota dos Sertões Concession

Overview

• The Consórcio 116 Sertões, made up of Neo Invest (Novonor), Portugal’s Mota‑Engil and Galápagos Capital, won the 502 km Rota dos Sertões lease with a 19.60% discount on the initial toll, following a public auction at B3 on Thursday.
• The 30‑year contract schedules about R$ 8.5 billion in spending over three decades, with roughly R$ 4.1 billion earmarked for direct construction and modernization works.
• Planned works include roughly 95–108 km of dual carriageway, about 44–45 km of marginal access roads, a Serrinha bypass, 10 user service bases, rest areas for truck drivers and intelligent monitoring and emergency response systems.
• Two rival consortia — Atlas Rodovias (led by Yvy Capital) and Via dos Sertões (Aspen and DMDL) — took part in a 14‑round viva‑voz phase before 116 Sertões secured the winning bid.
• Officials from ANTT and BNDES will oversee the next steps: formal contract signing, the operational handover and the start of construction, with the project aimed at improving logistics and farm and industrial freight flows in Bahia and Pernambuco.