As host of the FIFA 2014 World Cup, Brazil required the local industrial environment to have a challenging role to play in the improvement of infrastructure like airports terminals, and roads, among other important investments.
With the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio taken into consideration too, estimated spending on new stadiums, transport links, airports and other infrastructure is reportedly into double-digit billions of dollars. At the time of writing, the World Cup is reaching its crescendo and infrastructure developments progress with a view to the Olympic Games in two year’s time. The construction of Line 4 of Rio’s metro service, for example, a crucial project for the 2016 Games, has reached an important milestone with the installation of 400 metres of track in the first tunnel to be completed.
The new line is scheduled to start operating in 2016, with the tracks laid in the tunnel that links Barra with São Conrado and another 300 metres of track to be laid every week. When finished, Line 4 will serve 300,000 passengers per day. This is just one example of the infrastructure build underway. Another lies deep below the centre of Rio de Janeiro, where crucial work towards the revitalisation of the city’s port region continues apace.
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