Paraíba had 195 works stopped in the period from 2012 to 2022

The lawyer and specialist in public and constitutional law, Thiago Castro, considers that the damage caused by the stoppage of these works is incalculable. The reasons for interruption involve, for example, overbilling, breach of contract, among other situations.

“So, there is an inconvenience for the population, because they don’t have the benefit of the projects. We know that public administration has the common good as an end, and consequently, when a work is paralyzed, it does not fulfill its purpose, which is to serve the community, to serve the population”, he explains.

Throughout Brazil, 45% of the cities had works stopped, which corresponded to 2,494 municipalities. Most of the paralyzed works are linked to the education area, via the Integrated Monitoring, Execution and Control System (Simec), with 49% of the total; followed by housing works, with 40%; panel of works by Transferegov, with 7%; and the National Health Foundation (Funasa), with 5%.

Castro assesses that the impacts of stopped works are direct, as they can cause damage to the Treasury, due to the increase in costs at the time of resumption of works in which prices are modified.

“We also have a factor which is unemployment. When you have no activity, it also does not promote the region that is being developed with the issue of works. In the field of civil construction, for example, companies need to hire employees when they win bids and are forced to fire them when the contract is suspended”, he explains.

Among the Brazilian municipalities that had stopped works, 56% had a single paralyzed work. On the other hand, 46 municipalities registered 10 or more stopped works, corresponding to 11.5% of the total number of municipal works.

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