Brazil admits most airports won’t be ready for the 2014 World Cup

Friday, April 15th 2011 - 18:31 UTC

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A Brazilian government report indicates that it will be extremely difficult to get most Brazilian airports ready in time for the 2014 World Cup.
Renovation work in 10 of the 13 airports which will be used during the month-long tournament will not be completed in time unless there are changes in the investment plans made by Brazil's airport authority, Brazil's Economic Research Institute said in its study. Read full article

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Should get the Japs in. They'll finish the job in no time.
Apr 17th, 2011 - 10:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brazilian President Rousseff said that upgrades to the country's airports will be opened up to private investment to ensure they are finished.
She said the government would make ”a strong intervention” to fix the nation's overcrowded airports, including creating a civil aviation ministry to oversee the country's civil aviation agency and the nation's airport authority.

Brazil's infrastructure investments for the World Cup will reach nearly 20 billion US dollars, including about 3 billion on airports, which need significant upgrades to accommodate the visitors expected for the World Cup and the olympics.

The problem is not the earmarking of investment funds,
its the translating of this to ACTION on the grounds, airports and transport systems between.
Rio and SP may make the grade, but the chances of Salvador and the other more far-flung reaches of this huge country ever meeting even local requirements - let alone huge visitor influxes - are slight indeed..
Apr 17th, 2011 - 03:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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