Overview

• The draft, reported by Agencia Noticias Argentinas, declares a public works emergency and authorizes the province to continue, accept transfers, renegotiate or expropriate suspended projects.
• In cases involving risk to safety, the environment or essential services, the proposal allows immediate possession of assets with later legal regularization.
• The text empowers the province to pursue judicial and administrative claims against the national government, contractors and third parties to recover provincial funds used to finish works.
• Kicillof highlighted suspended works such as the Presidente Perón highway, Río Salado dredging and infrastructure recovery in Bahía Blanca.
• The announcement lands during the run-up to the September 7 legislative elections and follows public complaints of withheld funds equivalent to nearly ten months of provincial revenue.