Política pública federal de transportes: uma avaliação das ações de infraestrutura rodoviária no Rio Grande do Sul no período de 2007 a 2010

Abstract

Due to the high number of transport infrastructure projects in execution in Brazil, a study about transport infrastructure, mainly highways, public policies and the relation between them is needed. The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the actions of public policies related to transport infrastructure, specially highways, developed in Rio Grande do Sul state between 2007 and 2010, represented by the National Transport Logistics Plan and the Growth Acceleration Program. Firstly, a research about the main concepts, classification and critics about public policies evaluation was made. Secondly, a study about transport infrastructure, mainly related to highways, including its actual situation in Brazil and in the state of Rio Grande do Sul was developed. In order to perform the evaluation, the actions related to highways` infrastructure were followed through government agencies related to the theme, as the Ministry of Transport and the National Transport Infrastructure Department. In addition, a field research was held, with the aim to evaluate if the related actions meet the necessities of its beneficiaries, represented by the entrepreneurs of load transport sector in Rio Grande do Sul. The field research was developed through interviews and transmition of questionnaires to twenty nine load transport companies situated in the previously referred state, besides the interviews with local members of load transport and industrial companies’ representative’s entities. The research performed enables to reach the conclusion that actions of transport public policy, related to highways infrastructure, developed to the period of 2007 to 2010 in Rio Grande do Sul state, contain several projects which are delayed and contain only part of the necessities of load transport companies situated in the state. This is a consequence of outdated projects comparing to the actual level of traffic volume. The obsolete projects increase costs, specially related to maintenance, consequently reducing competitiveness and plastering the sector´s development and growth.