Parece que a notícia de meados de Abril, "Brisa: The American Northwest Parkway", se confirma.
Sendo uma raridade por terras lusas fica a actualização. Brisa goes west!
"(…) Este projecto [avaliado em mais de 500 milhões de euros], que marca a entrada da Brisa no mercado norte-americano, inclui uma auto-estrada com uma extensão aproximada de 18 km – dos quais cerca de 14 km já estão em operação desde Novembro de 2003, e os restantes 4 km a serem construídos -, sendo a concessão atribuída por um período de 99 anos, adianta o documento. (…)"
in Diário Económico.
Eis o comunicado oficial da The Northwest Parkway Public Highway Authority.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM KAREN STUART, NORTHWEST PARKWAY PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY BOARD CHAIR
“The Northwest Parkway Public Highway Authority toll road board of directors today moved to give preliminary approval for a multi-year leasing concession agreement with preferred bidding team Brisa Auto-Estradas de Portugal, S.A./Companhia de Concessoes Rodoviarias (Brisa/CCR). Through the agreement, Brisa/CCR will assume financial obligations and will manage business operations and roadway maintenance for the toll road. We are pleased to enter into a new era of partnership and look forward to a continued high level of customer service for our drivers that will now be provided by the Brisa/CCR operations team. We would like to thank Brisa/CCR for their outstanding proposal and high level of professionalism throughout the negotiation process. A joint announcement from the Northwest Parkway and Brisa/CCR will follow on Thursday, which will include an official statement from Brisa/CCR regarding today’s announcement. As publicly traded companies, Brisa/CCR must first send a release to the Portuguese and Brazilian stock exchanges to comply with capital market requirements. The time difference between Colorado, Portugal and Brazil prevents Brisa/CCR from notifying shareholders until Thursday morning, local time.”