The Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) signed, on the afternoon of this Tuesday (27), contracts with four dump truck manufacturers to expand the actions of the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC 2) for the recovery of local roads. The contracted lots will guarantee the purchase of 3,550 vehicles that will be donated to the same number of municipalities. The investment contributed by the MDA exceeds R$ 773 million.
The contracts for the purchase of the trucks were signed by the MDA's Executive Secretary, Laudemir Müller, who stressed that the benefits go far beyond the recovery of local roads. “It is an action that stimulates family farming, improving the infrastructure of the roads over which production travels. And, on the other hand, it boosts industry. All the equipment purchased is produced in Brazil and this generates jobs”, he said.
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