The asphalt on Avenida Liberdade, in , which gave way this weekend was made by a consortium of companies that included JAC Engenharia, whose partner is the wife of federal deputy Antônio Doido (MDB-PA).
The two were targets of a PF operation () that investigates corruption and money laundering.
The suspicion is that they used the companies to divert public resources. This occurred through fraud in state government tenders with cash withdrawals to finance electoral campaigns.
da Avenida Liberdade was signed in June 2024. The idea was to deliver it to COP 30 (United Nations Conference on Climate Change) which took place in the capital of Pará in 2025.
The work was only completed in April this year. The Avenue cost R$410 million to the public coffers.
The construction of the road, which denounced socio-environmental damage. Ribeirinhos report destruction of their means of subsistence.
In December last year, the deputy and his wife were targets of a PF operation. At the time, two cell phones were thrown from the window of the parliamentarian’s apartment.
The government of Pará informed that the consortium responsible for building the avenue is made up of five construction companies from various states.
“During monitoring and preventive inspections on Avenida Liberdade, the need for corrections was identified in a section of approximately 150 meters,” said the Secretariat of Infrastructure and Logistics (Seinfra).
The secretariat also said that the costs of the interventions will be borne by the companies, at no cost to the state.
The column looked for deputy Antônio Doido, but was unable to contact him.
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