Not wanting to wait for slow-moving state agencies to arrange the build, Sérgio Marques took on the responsibility himself.
“The first offer I got for this 240km line was R$300m [$130m]. Then I thought that for that price I would rather do it myself, with my staff,” he reveals. After a few months, he finally agreed to grant the project to an unnamed Spanish contractor for R$130m.
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