The Minister of Transport, Renan Filho, stated this Monday (23) that the government will allocate more than R$100 million for the reconstruction of the .
Renan declared a state of emergency after inspecting the area that fell and left at least one confirmed dead and 15 missing. According to the minister, the aim is to shorten administrative procedures, for rapid reconstruction.
“I want to communicate to the Brazilian people who need this infrastructure to travel, both from an economic and social point of view, that we will, with the emergency declared, contract the reconstruction of the bridge in 2024,” he said.
“In addition to the contract this year, we hope to give a work order in the first days of 2025 for all the engineering works that will be carried out here, with the commitment to deliver this bridge in 2025. We will work dedicatedly to make this new bridge a case of resolution. ”, added the minister.
Collapse
The bridge that collapsed connects the states of Tocantins and Maranhão. According to the Federal Highway Police (PRF), the crash occurred on Sunday afternoon, around 2:50 p.m. Firefighters continue their search work.
The Tocantins Military Police states that among the missing are two children (aged 3 and 11), two women, a motorcycle taxi driver and a passenger, a motorcyclist, a driver of a passenger vehicle, three people who were in a pickup truck , two truck drivers transporting sulfuric acid, an agricultural pesticide truck driver and a truck driver.
