Transamazônica Highway: the challenge of economic and social development / Auto-estrada Transamazônica: o desafio do desenvolvimento económico e social

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Naeglisson
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Fabiana Lucena
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Veras
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BRJD/article/view/28091
• topic: Transamazônica Highway; environmental impact; Amazon region; supply.

This paper presents Transamazônica Highway. This is a spatial integration project, since the sixties, that inaugurated its stage in 1974. In these forty-three years, other stages of the highway were completed, without finalizing its own totality. From its original, which predicts its connection with Peru, Transamazônica Highway disappears in the city of Lábrea, state of Amazonas. Isolation, lack of essential services and difficulties in material supplies are some of the problems faced by this community and its environment. A bibliographical review of the original design and construction of the Highway was carried out, as well as visits to the unpaved road that currently exists and is used by the population of the last city, Lábrea, in precarious conditions. The discussion on environmental impacts is always presents in Amazon issues. There are justifications against the construction and completion of the road as well as defenders of its completion for community service and social inclusion. By identifying the last stretch of Transamazônica Highway is in full use, although in adverse conditions of security and negotiation, we defend the asphalting and completion of works, as a way of social insertion of a community that is waiting for better way of life.