TCE-PE study reveals that Pernambuco spent R$1.8 billion on works stopped in 2023

A study by the Court of Auditors of Pernambuco (TCE-PE) released today(25) revealed that spending on public works that were suspended or suspected of being interrupted reached the mark of R$1.8 billion in the state last year. The amount already paid corresponds to 31% of the total of frozen contracts, i.e. R$5.9 billion, and 9% of all that was committed to public contracts in the year, i.e. R$19.3 billion.

The TCE-PE identified 1,504 contracts without completion, with 462 declared paralyzed, and 1,042 with signs of paralysis or abandonment, that is, with disbursements lower than 15% of the total contract value in 2022. The study showed that the most affected areas were urban mobility with 23.4% of the total; water supply services with a percentage of 11.1%; and dams representing 8.6% of the total value. Of the frozen contracts, 1,185 are municipal and 319 are state.

State- Among the state works with the largest volume of resources invested are those in the North-South and East-West corridors. In the first, R$161.8 million were spent (the contract is for R$186.6 million); in the second, the amount invested was R$136.3 million (contract worth R$168.7 million). The works should have been completed in May 2013. Works on the so-called “dam belt”, aimed at reducing the risk of flooding in Mata Sul, show signs of being halted. In the Igarapeba dam, in São Benedito do Sul, for example, which is expected to be delivered in March 2014, the State has already invested R$53.7 million (contract worth R$136.1 million).

Municipalities – Among municipal works, Recife appears in first place, both in contracted values ​​(R$726.7 million) and in amounts already paid (R$216.5 million). One of the contracts with signs of a standstill, worth R$39.1 million, is the implementation of exclusive bus lanes. Of this total, R$19.9 million has already been executed.

TCE-PE began carrying out the survey in 2014. The objective, according to President Valdecir Pascoal, is to promote transparency and social control. “It is our vocation, as a control body, to encourage citizen participation,” he said.

See here the list of works stopped in your municipality and in the State: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lNQo7XLjFxYls3PtaqXYFK12SQYIZK_t/edit#gid=493216508

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