Strong infrastructure, guaranteed development, great country.
- petrocity
- Jan 5
- 1 min read
José Roberto Barbosa is the CEO of Petrocity and president of the Brazilian Association of the Authorized Railways.
Strong infrastructure guarantees development. Without it, we remain trapped in improvisation, dependent on expensive and inefficient transportation, economic concentration, and the neglect of regions that possess enormous productive potential but lack the means to integrate into the national system.
Brazil needs a major development project capable of coordinating structural investments, attracting private capital, stimulating production chains, creating jobs, and promoting income distribution based on the real economy, production, the circulation of goods, innovation, and the strengthening of inland cities.
Railways, ports, integrated highways, digital information networks, clean energy, and logistics platforms are not isolated projects: they are instruments of social transformation. Every kilometer of railway line, every transshipment unit, every logistics corridor implemented means:
- new companies setting up shop,
- expansion of agribusiness and industry,
- reduction of transportation costs,
- decarbonization of the logistics matrix,
- strengthening the regional market,
- opportunities for those who live far from major urban centers.
A country that invests in infrastructure integrates its territory, boosts the economy, and creates conditions for progress to reach everyone, not just a few. Brazil has the potential to be a more balanced logistical, productive, and social powerhouse. To achieve this, strategic vision, consistent public policies, and long-term structural projects capable of mobilizing governments, businesses, investors, and society are necessary.
Infrastructure is not an expense: it is the future. It generates revenue, creates value, and fosters human-centered development.
Because, in the end, the equation is simple and true:
Strong infrastructure.
Guaranteed development.
A great country.
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